Graded Readers are stories specially prepared for language learners. Some are original short stories and some adaptations of classics. The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde is a classic short story which was originally intended to be read to children . We hope you enjoy it ! ( Encontrarás la traducción al español al final )
THE SELFISH GIANT (Part1)
by Oscar Wilde
by Oscar Wilde
Every afternoon , as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant’s garden.
It was a large, lovely garden, with soft green grass. Here and there over the grass there were beautiful flowers like stars, and there were twelve peach trees that in the springtime broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in the autumn bore rich fruit. The birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them.
“How happy we are here ! “ they cried to each other.
One day the Giant came back. He had been to visit his friend the Cornish ogre, and had stayed with him for seven years. After the seven years were over, he had said all that he had to say, because his conversation was limited, and he decided to return to his own castle.
When he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden.
“What are you doing here ? “ he shouted in a very stern voice, and the children ran away.
“My own garden is my own garden,” said the Giant. “Anyone can understand that, and I don’t want anybody to play in it but myself. “ So, he built a high wall round it, and put up a notice:
It was a large, lovely garden, with soft green grass. Here and there over the grass there were beautiful flowers like stars, and there were twelve peach trees that in the springtime broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in the autumn bore rich fruit. The birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them.
“How happy we are here ! “ they cried to each other.
One day the Giant came back. He had been to visit his friend the Cornish ogre, and had stayed with him for seven years. After the seven years were over, he had said all that he had to say, because his conversation was limited, and he decided to return to his own castle.
When he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden.
“What are you doing here ? “ he shouted in a very stern voice, and the children ran away.
“My own garden is my own garden,” said the Giant. “Anyone can understand that, and I don’t want anybody to play in it but myself. “ So, he built a high wall round it, and put up a notice:
TRESPASSERS
WILL BE
PROSECUTED
WILL BE
PROSECUTED
He was a very selfish Giant.The poor children now had nowhere to play. They tried to play on the road, but the road was very dusty and full of hard stones, and they didn’t like it. They used to wander round the high walls when their lessons were over, and they talked about the beautiful garden inside .”How happy we were there! “ they said to each other.
Then Spring came, and all over the country there were little blossoms and little birds. But in the garden of the Selfish Giant it was still Winter. The birds didn’t want to sing in it because there were no children, and trees, and the trees forgot to blossom. Once, a beautiful flower put its head out from the grass, but when it saw the notice, it was sorry for the children, and it went back into the ground again and went to sleep. The only people who were pleased were the Snow and the Frost.
Then Spring came, and all over the country there were little blossoms and little birds. But in the garden of the Selfish Giant it was still Winter. The birds didn’t want to sing in it because there were no children, and trees, and the trees forgot to blossom. Once, a beautiful flower put its head out from the grass, but when it saw the notice, it was sorry for the children, and it went back into the ground again and went to sleep. The only people who were pleased were the Snow and the Frost.
Translation:
El Gigante Egoísta
Todas las tardes, mientras volvían del colegio, los niños solían ir a jugar al jardín del Gigante.Era un jardín grande y bonito, con un suave y verde césped. Aquí y allí, sobre la hierba, había hermosas flores como estrellas. Había doce melocotoneros que, en la primavera , se cubrían de florecitas de color rosa y perla,y, en el otoño,producían hermosa fruta. Los pájarose posaban en los árboles y cantaban tan dulcememnet que los niños solían parar sus juegos para escucharlos.
“Qué felices somos aquí “ , se decían unos a otros. Un día volvió el Gigante .Había ido a visitar a su amigo el ogro de Cornualles y había permanecido con él durante siete años. Pasados los siete años había dicho todo lo que tenía que decir, dado que su conversación era limitada, y decidió regresar a su propio castillo.Cuando llegó, vio a los niños jugando en el jardín. “¿Qué estáis haciendo aquí? ”, gritó con voz muy severa, y los niños huyeron.
“Mi propio jardín es mi propio jardín” , dijo el Gigante. “Cualquier persona puede comprenderlo, y yo no permitiré que nadie juegue en él salvo yo mismo”.
Así que lo cerró con un muro alto y puso un aviso:
LOS INTRUSOS SERAN PROCESADOS
Era un Gigante muy egoísta.Ahora, los pobres niños no tenía ningun sitio donde jugar.Intentaron jugar en la carretera, pero la carretera estaba muy polvorienta, llena de piedras y no les gustaba.Solían pasearse alrededor del muro alto cuando sus lecciones habían terminado , y hablaban del hermoso jardín de dentro.”¡Qué felices eramos allí ¡ “, se decian. Entoces llegó la primavera .Había florecillas y pajaritos por todo el país. Pero en el jardín del Gigante egoista seguía siendo invierno. Los pájaros no querian cantar en él porque no había niños, y los árboles se olvidaron de florecer. Una vez, una bonita flor asomó la cabeza por la hierba pero, cuando vio el aviso, tuvo pena por los niños, regresó bajo el suelo y se durmió.Los únicos que se alegraron fuero la nieve y el hielo.
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