The Giant's Garden - an English children's story
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Vocal Characteristics
Language
EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
North American (General)Transcript
Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
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 can understand that, and I will probably allow nobody to play in it but myself. So he built a high wall all around it and put up a notice board. Trespassers will be prosecuted. He was a very selfish giant. The poor Children had now nowhere to play. They tried to play on the road, but the road was very dusty and full of hard stones, and they did not like it. They used to wander around the high wall when their lessons were over and talk about the beautiful garden inside. How happy we were there! They said to each other. Then the spring came, and all over the country. There were little blossoms and little birds. Only in the garden of the selfish giant. It was still winter. The birds did not care to sing in it as there were no Children. Once a beautiful flower 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 off to sleep. The only people who were pleased were the snow and the frost. The snow covered up the grass with her great white cloak, and the frost painted all the trees silver