CHAPTER 4

[000]CHAPTER 4[002]

The boy in the tree.[018]

‘Get up, little boy!’ says the tree in that corner of the garden, and it puts its branches nearer the ground for the young boy.[034]But he is very little, and he can’t get on them.[041]The Giant watches from his window, and his cold heart is suddenly warmer.[051]

‘Now I see!’ he cries.[056]

‘The spring doesn’t come here because I’m selfish.’[063]

He is truly sorry.[067]

‘I know!’ he says.[071]

‘I can put the little boy up in the tree and knock down the wall.[081]

Then the children can always play in my garden.[089]

So he goes quietly down to his front door, and he opens it.[098]

Then he goes out into the garden.[104]

When the Children see him, they are very afraid.[111]

So they all run away, and it is winter in the garden again.[121]

But the little boy has his head in his hands.[128]

He can’t see the Giant. So the Giant goes very quietly over to him.[140]

He takes the little boy carefully in his hand, and he puts him up in the tree.[151]

At once, the tree blossoms, and the birds come and sing in it.[162]

Then the little boy puts his arms around the Giant’s neck, and he kisses him.[173]

When the other children see this, they understand the Giant isn’t bad any more! So they run back into the garden, and the spring comes with them.[193]

‘It’s your garden now, little children,’[197]

the Giant says. Then he takes a big axe, and he knocks down the wall.