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自私的巨人 A giant lives in a big house with a nice garden. Children like to play in the giants garden. They go there every afternoon. The garden is lovely. There are nice, beautiful flowers in the garden. The flowers look like stars. There are peach trees in the garden, too. Their blossoms smell very sweet. The children are happy in the garden. They can climb the trees. They can listen to the birds sing. They run around and laugh. One day, the giant comes home. He went away seven years ago. He went to see his friend. The giant sees the children in his garden, so he is very angry. Why are you here? he asks them. This is my garden! The children are frightened. They run away. The giant makes a big sign. It says, Do Not Enter. He puts it on the gate outside his house. He is very selfish. Now the children have no place to play. The road is too dusty. The woods are too dark. The fields are too windy. They are not happy now. Soon, winter arrives. He makes the weather very cold. Everything is gray and quiet. Then, spring comes again. Everyone is happy to see her return. Fields become green. Flowers grow under every window. Birds fly around singing. In the giants garden, the weather is still cold. Spring doesnt want to / go there because the giant is too selfish. There are no birds there. A flower comes up from the ground. It sees the Do Not Enter sign on the gate. The giant is very selfish, it thinks. I will go back to sleep. The snow and the frost are happy. They dont like spring. They want to live in the giants garden all year. Spring has forgotten this garden, they cry. We can stay here forever. The snow puts a white blanket on the ground. He doesnt want to see any flowers growing t