Myself: Hello Amrita, how’re you?
Amrita: I am fine. And you?
Myself: I am also fine. Do you know the story about “The Selfish Giant?”
Amrita: Yes. I heard this name from my sister. But I don’t know the full story. Do you know the story?
Myself: Yes, I know.
Amrita: Can you please tell me the story?
Myself: Yes, of course. Once there was a selfish giant. He had a very beautiful garden in front of his place where he lived. He went to his friend’s house and stayed there for seven years. In the meantime children used to play in the garden after school.
Amrita: Then?
Myself: Then one day when the giant came back, he saw the children playing freely in his garden.
Amrita: Was he angry after seeing them?
Myself: Yes, this made him seriously angry and he drove them away.
Amrita: Then what did he do to stop them from coming to his garden?
Myself: He built a huge wall around the garden to stop entrance into it. So the children could not play.
Amrita: He was very selfish.
Myself: Yes.
Amrita: What happened next?
Myself: Then the garden became lifeless without any flower or bird. Though it was the season of spring, winter prevailed in the garden. The giant found no trace of spring in his garden.
Amrita: He deserved it.
Myself: Then one day he could hear the chirping of birds and looked out of the window.
Amrita: What did he saw?
Myself: He saw that children were playing in the garden. It was full of flowers and birds.
Amrita: What did he do then?
Myself: He comes out of his castle into the garden and seeing him coming, the children ran away. At once the garden became lifeless again with cold. He could realize the matter and felt sad.
Amrita: Then what happened next? I am very curious.
Myself: Then he allowed them to enter into it and play freely. The garden immediately regained its life with flowers leave. From that time the giant and the children become close friends. And the moral of the story is “Happiness through true love and selflessness."
Amrita: Thank you so much for telling me this wonderful story.
Myself: My pleasure
Amrita: Goodbye.
Myself: Bye. See you again.
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