The Selfish Giant

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Description

It's an extract from a story that describes a selfish man who later turns into a kind human being. It advocates love and compassion.

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Young Adult (18-35)

Accents

Indian (General)

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
every afternoon as they were coming from school, the Children used to go and play in the giant's garden. It was a lounge lovely garden with soft green grass here and there. Over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars. And there were 12 peach trees that in the spring time broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl and in the autumn, bored rich fruit. The birth sat on the trees and sank so sweetly that the Children used to stop their games and order to listen to them. How happy we are here, they cried to each other. One day the China came back. He had been to visit a strength, the Cornish ogre, and had stayed with him for seven years. When he arrived, he saw the Children playing in the garden. What are you doing here? He cried in a very gruff voice, and the Children ran away. My own garden is my own garden, said the giant. Anyone understand that I will allow nobody to play in it but myself. So he built a high wall around it and put up a notice board. Trespasses will be prosecuted. He was a very selfish giant the poor Children had now know where to play. They try to play on the broad. But the road was a dusty and full of hard stones, and they did not like it. They used to wander around the high walls when their lessons were over and talk about the beautiful garden inside. How happy we were there, they said to each other. 10. The spring came, and all over the country they have a little blossoms and little births only in the garden of the selfish China, it was still winter. The boats did not care to sing in it as there were no Children and the trees forgot to blossom. Once a beautiful show lower put its head out from the grass. But when it saw the notice board, it was so sorry for the Children that it slipped back into the ground again and went after sleep. The only people who were pleased where the snow and the frost