The selfish giant. One morning, the Giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music. It sounded so sweet to his ears that he thought it must be the King's musicians passing by. It was really only a little linnet singing outside his window, but it had been so long since he had heard a bird sing in his garden that it seemed to him to be the most beautiful music in the world. The hail stopped dancing over his head, and the north wind ceased roaring, and a delicious perfume came to him through the open casement. "I believe spring has come at last," said the Giant, and he jumped out of bed and looked out. What did he see? He saw a most wonderful sight. The children had crept in through a little hole in the wall, and they were sitting in the branches of the trees. In every tree that he could see there was a little child, and the trees were so glad to have the children back again that they had covered themselves with blossoms and were waving their arms gently above the children's heads. The birds were flying about and twittering with delight, and the flowers were looking up through the green grass and laughing. It was a lovely scene, and only in one corner was it still winter. It was the farthest corner of the garden, and in it was a little boy standing. He was so small that he could not reach up to the branches of the tree, and he was wandering all round it, crying bitterly. The poor tree was still quite covered with frost and snow, and the north wind was blowing and roaring above it. "Climb up little boy!" said the tree, and it bent its branches down as low as it could. But the boy was too tiny. And the Giant's heart melted as he looked out. "How selfish I have been!" he said. "Now I know why the spring would not come here. I will put that poor little boy on the top of the tree, and then I will knock down the wall, and my garden shall be the children's playground for ever and ever." He was really very sorry for what he had done. So he crept downstairs and opened the front door quite softly and went out into the garden. But when the children saw him they were so frightened that they all ran away, and the garden became winter again. Only the little boy did not run, for his eyes were so full of tears that he did not see the Giant coming. And the Giant stole up behind him and took him gently in his hand and put him up into the tree. 3 Select the correct answer. Which of the following details is present in the image of a scene in the fairy tale but not in the fairy tale? A. The tree on which the boy sat bloomed. B. The giant is wearing a sword on his waist. C. The giant reached out to put the boy on the tree. D. There were no children because they had all run away.