Selfish Giant

Once there was a selfish [স্বার্থপর] giant [দৈত্য] who had a very beautiful garden in front of his place with soft green grass, beautiful flowers, fruit trees etc. He went to his friend in a distant [দূর] land and stayed with them for seven years. In the meantime [ইতোমধ্যে] every afternoon children came back from school and used to go and play in the Giant’s garden. One day when the giant came back, he saw the children playing freely in his garden. This made him seriously angry and he drove them away. He built a huge [বিশাল] wall round the garden to stop entrance into it. So, the children could not play. Then the garden became lifeless without any flower or bird. Though it was the season of spring [বসন্ত], winter [শীত] prevailed [প্রাদুর্ভূত হওয়া] in the garden. The giant found no trace [সন্ধান] of spring in his garden. Then one day he could hear the chirping of birds and looked out of the window. He saw that children were playing in the garden. It was full of flowers and birds. He come out of his castle [দুর্গ] into the garden and seeing him coming, the children ran away. At once the garden became lifeless again with cold. He could realize [উপলব্ধি] the matter and felt sad. Then he allowed them to enter into it and play freely. The garden immediately [সঙ্গে সঙ্গে] regained [পুনরায় অর্জন করা] its life with flowers. From that time the giant and the children became close friends.