And the other children , when they saw that the Giant was not wicked any longer , came running back , and with them came the Spring . `` It is your garden now , little children , '' said the Giant , and he took a great axe and knocked down the wall . And when the people were going to market at twelve o'clock they found the Giant playing with the children in the most beautiful garden they had ever seen . All day long they played , and in the evening they came to the Giant to bid him good-bye . `` But where is your little companion ? '' he said : `` the boy I put into the tree . '' The Giant loved him the best because he had kissed him . `` We do n't know , '' answered the children ; `` he has gone away . '' `` You must tell him to be sure and come here to-morrow , '' said the Giant . But the children said that they did not know where he lived , and had never seen him before ; and the Giant felt very sad . Every afternoon , when school was over , the children came and played with the Giant . But the little boy whom the Giant loved was never seen again . The Giant was very kind to all the children , yet he longed for his first little friend , and often spoke of him . `` How I would like to see him ! '' he used to say . Years went over , and the Giant grew very old and feeble . He could not play about any more , so he sat in a huge armchair , and watched the children at their games , and admired his garden . `` I have many beautiful flowers , '' he said ; `` but the children are the most beautiful flowers of all . '' One winter morning he looked out of his window as he was dressing . He did not hate the Winter now , for he knew that it was merely the Spring asleep , and that the flowers were resting .
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