A. Complete these sentences in your own words:

1. When the Giant saw the children playing in his garden, he became very angry and scolded them in a very rough voice.

2. As he sat at the window and looked out at his cold white garden, the Giant wondered why the Spring is so late to come in his garden.

3. The Giant's heart melted because he saw the garden was full of flowers and the birds were singing and chirping beautifully.

B. Who said these words and why:

1. My own garden is my own garden.

---The Giant said these words, because he was very selfish and he wanted to enjoy the beauty of the garden alone.

2. Spring has forgotten this garden, so we will live here all the year round.

--- The Snow and the Frost said these words because they were very happy seeing that Spring had not come to the Giant's garden. They could live there the whole year and enjoy it.

3. How happy we were there!

--- The children said these words because they could not enter the garden after the Giant came back and they were sad as they did not have any place to play with each other.

4. This is a delightful spot, we must ask the Hail to visit us.

--- The North Wind said these words because the garden was full of snow and North Wind was roaring all day long, so if he would invite another friend of theirs, it would be more enjoyable and mose pleasant for them 

5. Climb up, little boy!

--- The Giant said these words because the tiniest boy in the garden could not climb on the tree and the Giant was already changed. So he tried to help the boy to enjoy the beauty of the garden.

C. Answer these questions:

1. Why did Spring not come to the Giant's garden?

--- Spring did not come to the Giant's garden because he was selfish and did not allow the children to come inside the garden. So Spring felt bad for them and decided not to come.

2. What did Frost said Snow do in the garden?

--- Frost painted all the trees silver and Snow covered up the grass with her 'great white cloak'.

3. What made the Spring finally visit the garden?

--- The Spring finally came to the Giant's garden because she saw the children entered the garden through a hole of the wall and enjoyed the beauty of the garden.

4. "How selfish I have been!" From this statement we know that the Giant has realised his mistake.

a. What was his mistake?

--- His mistake was to be a selfish one. He wanted to enjoy the beauty alone.

b. What made him realise his mistake?

--- He realised his mistake when he understood that Spring was late to come in his garden because of the children's misery.

5. How do we know that the Giant sincerely felt sorry for his action?

--- When the Giant helped the little child to climb up the tree, it becomes clear to the readers that he felt sorry for his action.

D. Think and answer:

1. Is there a moral in this story? If yes, what is it?

---- Yes, there is a moral in this story i.e. selfishness never brings joy in our life. If we share our things with others, it will give us immense peace, happiness and satisfaction.

2. In the story, the first letters of the names of seasons and natural phenomena (snow, frost, hail) have been capitalised. Why do you think this has been done?

--- The first letters of the names of seasons and natural phenomena have been capitalised in this story because they are personified here. They all are given the qualities of the human being to make the story more interesting and lively.

3. What do Spring and Winter symbolise in this story?

--- In the story, "The Selfish Giant", Spring symbolises all the positive energy and thing like happiness, helpfulness, selflessness etc. On the other side, Winter symbolises selfishness, haters, anger, sadness etc.

 "The Selfish Giant" by Oscar Wilde is a story of a giant who was very selfish and rude. He did not like the children at all. When the giant went to meet his friend Cornish Ogre for seven years, the children enjoyed the beauty of the giant's garden. They used to play there after their school's end. 

The garden was very beautiful. It was full of soft green grass with beautiful flowers which looked like 'stars'. In the garden, there were twelve peach trees also which were covered with flowers in the autumn season. All was beautiful and gorgeous until the giant came back. 

One day, the giant came back and saw that the children were playing in his garden. So he became very angry and scolded them and got them out from his garden. He always wanted to enjoy the beauty of his garden alone. Now the children were very sad and disheartened because they didn't have any place to play. They tried to play on the road, but it was full of stones and not suitable for playing. So they just sighed that how happy they had been there in that garden. 

But the giant was so much selfish that he had built a high wall around the garden and put a notice board up. On that notice board,it was written that "TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED".  

When all around the country spring came, the giant's garden was full of snow as winter was still there. Spring did not want to come here as the giant had not allowed the children to come in. So, the Frost, the Hail, the Snow and the North Wind were enjoying. They thought that they could enjoy the place through out the year, as spring was not coming there. 

Now the giant became tensed. He was thinking about the reason that why spring was not coming. He consoled himself that it might be late, but it must come. But Spring never came. 

One day, the giant was lying on his bed and suddenly he heard the sound of a music. He thought that king's musicians were singing the song. But later he realised that it was a little linnet. He was surprised. He saw that the children entered into the garden through a little hole of the wall. With the children spring also came. The whole garden looked beautiful with beautiful fresh flowers and with the sound of chirping birds.

But he saw that in the one corner of the garden, winter was still there because the little boy could not climb up the tree. He was crying a lot. The tree was bending its branch so that he could climb, but he couldn't. Because he was too tiny to climb. The giant saw that and his heart was melted. He came to that corner to help him. But when the other children saw him, they escaped. But that little child could not see him. So he came to him and helped him to climb up the tree. When the other children saw that the giant was not bad anymore ,they entered into the garden again and spring also came with them. The giant broke the wall down. He told them that it had been their garden from then.