Then 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 the 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 . Through a little hole in the wall the children had crept in , 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 , only in one corner it was still winter . It was the farthest corner of the garden , and in it was standing a little boy . 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 XXXXX him they were so frightened that they all ran away , and the garden became winter again .
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