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Fairy Tales with Granny MacDuff

The Selfish Giant

Fairy Tales with Granny MacDuff

Little Ears Media

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family

4.4788 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

When a selfish giant bans the children from playing in his garden, winter comes to stay. But the selfish giant's heart soon thaws and he realizes he's disrupted the natural order of things. Will he find a way to make it right?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Did you know Granny McDuff now has a Patreon?

0:04.2

You can get all episodes ad-free, games, puzzles, calendars, and more.

0:09.8

You can even get discounts off Granny merch.

0:12.8

Sign up now on Patreon.

0:14.6

Go to Granny Macduff-E-N-T-com for more information. Good evening, Good evening, children.

0:27.5

It's Granny McDuff, ready with a story.

0:30.4

So make yourselves comfy, and I'll begin.

0:34.1

Music And I'll begin.

0:49.3

Once upon a time, every afternoon, when the school bell rang and the children were off, they would go and play in a garden.

0:52.3

It was a beautiful garden. The grass was as soft as silk and as green

0:59.2

as anything you've ever seen. There were peach trees which bore the sweetest fruit you've

1:05.4

ever tasted and flowers that smelled better than anything you've ever smelled.

1:11.6

There were birds who sang so sweetly that no orchestra could do better.

1:17.6

The children would often sit under the willow trees, eating peaches and listening to the sweet melodies.

1:26.6

It was divine.

1:30.3

In fact, they would tell everyone they saw,

1:33.3

oh, how lovely it is in the garden, there is truly no better place.

1:39.3

But this was no ordinary garden, you see.

1:43.3

This garden belonged to the giant.

1:47.0

He was not quite fearsome, but he was certainly not friendly.

1:53.0

The giant had been away for seven years visiting a friend,

1:57.0

and so the children were able to frolic about in his garden whenever they liked.

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