Question

Form groups of 5. Turn the story into a play as an activity. Use the following scenes and characters. Write appropriate speeches/dialogues for them. Also write stage directions in brackets. Each group can write one or two scenes. Then put the scenes together to make a whole play. Read your play aloud.

Scene 1:	In the giant's garden
Characters:	Narrator, children, birds, etc.
Scene 2:	In the giants garden (The giant returns.)
Characters:	Narrator, giant, children
Scene 3:	On the dusty road
Characters:	Children
Scene 4:	In the giant's garden
Characters:	Spring, winter, beautiful flowers, snow, frost, North Wind, Hail
Scene 5:	The giant sitting at the window
Characters:	Giant, autumn, winter, North wind, Hail, snow, narrator
Scene 6:	The giant in his bed
Characters:	Giant, Linnet, Hail, North Wind
Scene 7:	The giant at the window
Characters:	Children, trees, birds, flowers, winter, little boy
Scene 8:	The giant in his garden
Characters:	Giant, children, tree, birds, little boy, Spring, Narrator

Answer 1

• Scene 1: In the Giant's Garden 

Narrator:	(cheerfully) Every afternoon, as the children returned from school, they would come and play in the giant’s beautiful garden.
Child 1:	(laughing) Look at those peach trees! They’re full of blossoms!
Child 2:	(excitedly) The birds are singing just for us!
Bird:	Tweet tweet! (happily chirps)
Child 3:	How happy we are here!
(Children run around joyfully, playing and laughing.)

• Scene 2: The Giant Returns

Narrator:	One day, the giant returned after seven years.
Giant:	(angrily) What are you doing here? This is my garden! (Children scream and run away.)
Giant:	No one will play here except me! (puts up signboard)
Board:	"TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED!"

• Scene 3: On the Dusty Road

Child 1:	(Sadly) The road is full of dust and stones.
Child 2:	I miss the green grass and trees.
Child 3:	How happy we were in the garden!

• Scene 4: In the Giant's Garden

Winter:	No children here... I’ll stay longer!
Frost:	I’ll paint the trees silver!
North Wind:	(roars) Let’s bring in the Hail too!
Hail:	(stomping) I’ll rattle the rooftops every day!
Spring:	(peeking in) No children here... I’ll stay away.

• Scene 5: The Giant Sitting at the Window

Giant:	(Confused) Why doesn't spring ever come to my garden?
Narrator:	The garden remained in eternal winter.

• Scene 6: The Giant in His Bed

Linnet:	(sings sweetly outside the window)
Giant:	(surprised) That’s the most beautiful sound I’ve heard in years!
Narrator:	He jumped out of bed to look outside.

• Scene 7: The Giant at the Window

Giant:	(joyfully) Children have returned! The trees are blooming again!
Tree:	(bending gently) Climb up, little boy!
Little Boy:	(crying) I can't reach…
Giant:	(heart melting) How selfish I have been!

• Scene 8: The Giant in His Garden

Giant:	(lifting boy) From now on, this is your garden, dear children.
Narrator:	And the people saw the most beautiful garden, full of laughter, flowers, and love.