"You once let me play in your garden，"said the child."Today you'll come with me into my garden in heaven."
When the children came into the garden on that afternoon，they found the giant lying dead under the tree，covered with white flowers.
每天下午，孩子们放学回来之后，总爱到巨人的花园里去游玩。
这是一个漂亮的大花园。草丛中盛开着美丽的花朵。另外园里还有12株果树。春天来临时，树上开满红色和白色的花朵；秋天到来时，树上果实累累。鸟儿在树上歌唱，唱得那么动听，孩子们有时会停止游戏，来倾听鸟儿唱歌。他们彼此欢叫着：“我们在这儿多快乐呀！”
巨人离家已经七年了。一天他回来了。他一进家，就看到孩子们在花园里玩，他大吼道：“你们在这儿干什么？”孩子们一听就吓跑了。
“我自己的花园就应归我自己，”巨人说，“除了我自己，我不许任何人在里面游玩。”于是他在花园四周筑了一道高高的围墙，还贴了一张告示：“禁止入内。”他是一个非常自私的巨人。
孩子们因此没有玩的地方了。他们只好在马路上玩，可路上尘土飞扬而且到处是坚硬的石头，他们不喜欢。他们放学后就在高墙外转来转去，谈论着墙内美丽的花园。他们相互说着：“以前我们在这儿多快乐呀！”
春天来了，全国到处开满鲜花，鸟儿到处飞。但是在自私的巨人的花园里却仍是一派残冬的景象——因为园内没有孩子的踪迹，鸟儿也就不愿在这儿歌唱，连树都忘了开花。雪花铺满草地，寒冰覆盖着所有的树木，使它们披上银装。北风刮来，接着又下起了倾盆大雨。自私的巨人坐在屋子窗前，望着外面寒冷雪白的花园，说：“我弄不懂为什么今年春天来得那么迟。我希望天气能变得好一些。”
但是春天和夏天一直都没来。当别的花园结满金色的果子时，巨人的花园里却一个果子也没有。那儿永远是冬季，有凛冽的北风，寒冷的冰雪和瓢泼的大雨。一天早上巨人躺在床上，忽然听到一种优美的音乐。这是一只小鸟在窗外唱歌。他已经很久没听到鸟儿的歌声了，所以他以为这是世上最美的音乐。接着，北风息了，暴雨停了。
“我相信春天到底来了！”巨人说着跳下床朝外面看去。
他看到了什么？
他看见一副美妙的景象。孩子们从围墙的一个洞钻进花园里来，坐在树枝上。他在每棵树上都能看到一个孩子。孩子们又都回来了，果树很高兴，用各种各样的花朵将自己重新装饰起来，鸟儿欢快地四处飞翔，歌唱，花儿也在绿色的草丛中抬头张望。
一个小男孩站在花园最远的一个角落里。他太小了还够不着树枝，只好在树下徘徊哭泣。那棵树仍被冰雪覆盖着。
“我多自私呀！”巨人说，“现在我知道为什么春天不肯到这儿来了。我要把这个男孩抱到树上，然后推倒围墙，那我的花园将永远是孩子们的游戏场。”他对自己以前做的事确实感到后悔了。
于是他走了出来，轻轻地打开门走进花园。但是孩子们一看到他，就都吓跑了。只有那个小男孩没有跑：他眼里含着泪水，没看见巨人走了过来。巨人悄悄地来到他身后，他伸手把男孩轻轻抱起来，放到树上。那棵树顿时开满鲜花，鸟儿也飞来了在树上唱歌，小男孩伸出双手搂着巨人的脖子吻了他一下。
其他的男孩认为巨人不再那么坏，那么自私，于是他们又都跑了回来。
“孩子们，这儿现在是你们的花园了。”巨人说着把围墙推倒了。人们顺大路进城时，看到巨人正和孩子们在花园里玩，那个花园是他们见过的最美丽的。
孩子们在那儿玩了一整天。傍晚时，他们去向巨人告别。
“你们那位小朋友哪儿去了？”他说，“我抱到树上的那个男孩去哪儿了？”巨人最喜欢的就是他，因为那小男孩曾吻过他。
“我们不知道，”孩子们回答说，“他已经走了。”
“你们告诉他让他明天一定要来。”可孩子们回答说：“我们没人知道他住哪儿，我们以前从没见过他。”巨人对所有的孩子都很好，可他确实很想见到他的第一位小朋友。他说：“我多想再见见他呀！”
许多年过去了，巨人变得很老，很衰弱了。现在他再也不能在园子里玩耍了。于是他就坐在一张大椅子上看着孩子们做游戏，欣赏那美丽的花园。他说，“我有许多美丽的花，可孩子们才是最美丽的花。”
一天早晨，当他正穿衣服时，他朝窗外看了看。他现在不讨厌冬天了，因为他知道春天正酣睡，花儿在休息，他知道它们一定会再来。
突然，他揉了揉眼睛，他又看到那幅美妙的画面！在花园最远的角落里有一棵树，树上开满了美丽的白花。树枝是金色的，上面悬挂着银色的果子，而且他所爱的小男孩就站在树下。
他跑进花园，急急忙忙地穿过草丛，来到男孩身边。当他走近男孩时，他气得满脸通红，他说：“谁竟敢伤害你？”因为他看到男孩的手和脚上都是伤痕。“谁竟敢伤害你？”巨人喊道，“告诉我，我要用剑杀了他！”
“不，”孩子说，“这是爱的伤痕。”
“你是谁？”巨人问道，他感到很敬畏，跪在男孩面前。
“你曾经让我在你的花园里游玩，”男孩说，“今天我就要把你带到我天国里的花园里去。”
那天下午，孩子们又来到花园时，发现巨人躺在一棵树下死了，他的身上撒满了白花。
A Fish around the World
一条见过世面的鱼
A herring once decided to swim right around the world."I'm tired of the North Sea，"he said."I want to find out what else there is in the world."So he swam off south into the deep Atlantic.He swam and swam far，far away from the seas he knew，through the warm waters of the equator and on down into the south Atlantic.And all the time he saw many strange and wonderful fish that he had never seen before.Once he was nearly eaten by a shark.And once he was nearly electrocuted by an electric eel.And once he was nearly stung by a stingray.But he swam on and on.Round the tip of Africa and into the Indian Ocean，and he passed by devilfish and sailfish and sawfish and swordfish and bluefish and blackfish and mudfish and some fish，and he was amazed by the different shapes and sizes and colors.On he swam into the Java Sea.And he saw fish that leapt out of the water and fish that lived on the bottom of the sea and fish that could walk on their fins.And on he swam through the Coral Sea where the shells of millions and millions of tiny creatures had turned to rock and stood as big as mountains.
But still he swam on into the wide Pacific.He swam over the deepest parts of the ocean where the water is so deep that it is inky black at the bottom and the fish carried lanterns over their heads and some have lights on their tails.And through the Pacific he swam and then he turned north and headed up to the cold Siberian Sea where huge white icebergs sailed past him like mighty ships，and still he swam on and on and into the frozen Arctic Ocean where the sea is forever covered in ice.And on he went past Greenland and Iceland and finally he swam home into his own North Sea.All his friends and relations gathered around and made a great fuss of him.They had a big feast and offered him the very best food they could find，but the herring just yawned and said，"I've swum around the entire world.I've seen everything there is to see and I have eaten more exotic and wonderful dishes than you could possibly imagine."And he refused to eat anything.Then his friends and relations begged him to come home and live with them.But he refused."I've been everywhere there is and that old rock is too dull and small for me."And he went off and lived on his own.
And when the breeding season came，he refused to join in the spawning，saying，I've swum around the entire world.And now I know how many fish there are in the world.I can't be interested in herrings anymore.
Eventually，one of the oldest of the herrings swam up to him and said，"Listen，if you don't spawn with us，some herrings eggs will go unfertilized and will not turn into healthy young herrings.If you don't live with your family，you'll make them sad and if you don't eat，you'll die."
But the herring said，"I don't mind.I've been everywhere there is to go，I've seen everything there is to see，and now I know everything there is to know."
The old fish shook his head."No one has ever seen everything there is to see，"he said."Nor known everything there is to know."
"Look，"said the herring，"I've swum through the North Sea，the Atlantic Ocean，the Indian Ocean，the Java Sea，the Coral Sea，the Great Pacific Ocean，the Siberian Sea，and the frozen Arctic.Tell me，what else is there for me to see or know？"
"I don't know，"said the old herring."But there may be something."