THE SELFISH GIANT

CHARACTERS:
CHILDREN:
BOY 1 - Neil Pawar
BOY 2 – Karthik R
BOY 3 – Riyansh S
GIRL 1 – Vihana S
GIRL 2 - Sonika
GIRL 3 – Advika N
GAINT 1- Rayan
GAINT 2 - Swaraj
SNOW - Manreet
FROST - Hargun
NORTH WIND – Shaurya Kale
AUTUMN – Sanvi P
WINTER - Varnika
HAIL - Spruha
TREE – Ayan Solkar
LITTLE BOY – Riyansh S
SPRING - Nihira
Narrators
1. Nihira B
2. Prisha U
3. Avni T
4. Rudraunsh Naik
5. Devagya
6. Ranveer
7. Adarsh
8. Amrit
9. Achintya
10. Ritesh Shaw
11. Aarohi Mane
12. Jitesh S
13. Jivesh S
14. Prish Teli
15. Gargi
16. Ritesh Shaw
SCRIPT:
1) NARRATOR1 (Nihira): Every afternoon, after school, some children used to go
and play in the Giant’s garden.

BOY 1 (Neil): What a lovely garden!. The grass is so green and soft.

GIRL1 (Vihana):: And the flowers look like stars!.

BOY 2 (Kartik):: Stop talking, I want to listen to those birds singing.

GIRL 2 ( Sonika):: I feel happy here.

BOY 3 ( Riyansh S):: Me too. I wish we didn't have to go.

DANCE

GIRL 3 ( Advika N):: Come on. It's getting late and our parents must be worried. We can
come back tomorrow after school.

CHILDREN: Yes, let's go.

NARRATOR 2 (Prisha U): One day the Giant came back. He had been to visit his friend,
and had stayed with him for seven years.
NARRATOR 3 (Avni): He decided to return to his own castle. When he arrived he saw the
children playing in the garden.

GIANT1 (Rayan): How dare you enter my garden! It's mine.

GIRL 3 (Advika N): Run!. Let's get out of here, the giant is back.
Such a selfish Giant! We don't want to play here anymore

GIANT1 (Rayan): Yes, leave, get away from here!

NARRATOR 4 (Rudraunsh Naik): So he built a high wall all round it, and put up a
notice-board. TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED. The poor children had
nowhere to play.

BOY 1 (Neil): Now, where are we going to play?

GIRL 1 (Vihana): The road is very dusty and full of hard stones.

BOY 2: (Kartik) I wouldn't like to play on the road.

GIRL 2: (Sonika) I miss that beautiful garden so much.

Boy 3 (Riyansh S): How happy we were there.

NARRATOR 5 (Devagya): Then the spring came, and all over the country there were
little blossoms and little birds, but in the garden of the Selfish Giant it was still
winter.
SPRING (Nihira): The birds are not singing, no children, and the trees forgotten to
blossom. The only people who are pleased are the Snow and the Frost.

SNOW (Manreet) AND FROST (Hargun): Spring has forgotten this garden, so we will live
here all year round.

SNOW (Manreet): I will cover up the grass with my great white cloak.

FROST (Hargun): And I will paint all the trees silver.

SNOW (Manreet): We should invite the North Wind to stay with us.

NARRATOR 6 (Ranveer): And the North Wind came. He was wrapped in furs, and
he roared all day about the garden, and blew the chimney-pots down.

NORTH WIND (Shaurya Kale): This is a delightful spot. We must ask the Hail to visit us.
NARRATOR 7 (Adarsh): So the Hail came. Every day for three hours he rattled on
the roof of the castle till he broke most of the slates, and then he ran round and
round the garden as fast as he could go. He was dressed in grey, and his breath was
like ice.

GIANT (Rayan): Why is Spring so late in coming this time. My garden has become so dry
and dull. I hope there will be a change in the weather soon.

NARRATOR 8 (Amrit): But the Spring never came, nor the Summer.

• Dance

AUTUMN (Sanvi): I will give golden fruit to every garden, but not to the Giant's garden
since he is too selfish. Since the lovely angels are not allowed to play in the garden.

WINTER (Varnika), NORTH WIND(Shaurya K), HAIL (Spruha), FROST (Hargun),

SNOW (Manreet): We will stay here!. Spring and Summer you are not welcome here
anymore!.

HAIL (Spruha): I will be the only one to dance through the trees.

Happy Music
Children entering the garden

NARRATOR 9 (Achitya): One morning the Giant was lying awake in bed when he
heard some lovely music.

GIANT2 (Swaraj): Where is that sweet music coming from?. Maybe they are the King’s
musicians passing by… it´s the most beautiful music in the world.

NARRATOR 10 (Ritesh Shaw): Then the Hail stopped dancing, and the North Wind
stopped roaring, and a delicious perfume came to him through the open window.

GIANT2 (Swaraj): I believe the Spring has come at last. I better get out of bed and see
what is happening outside.
NARRATOR 11 (Aarohi Mane): And 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.

GIANT (Swaraj): Oh, there is a little child in every tree.

TREES (Ayan S) : We are so glad you came back again. Now we will cover ourselves with
blossoms.

CHILDREN: We are happy to be here!.

BOY 1 (Neil) : Look everybody, over there!. The birds are flying and singing with delight,
and the flowers are blooming once again.

NARRATOR 12 (Jitesh S): But only in one corner it was still winter. It was the
farthest corner of the garden, and there was a little boy crying.

LITTLE BOY (Riyansh S): I can´t reach up to the branches of the tree.

TREE (Ayan): Climb up, little boy!.

LITTLE BOY (Riyansh S): I can´t, I am too scared.

NARRATOR 13(JiveshS) : And the Giant’s heart melted as he looked out.

GIANT (Swaraj): How selfish I have been!. 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 forever and ever. I am very sorry for what I
have done.

NARRATOR 14 (Prish): So he went downstairs and opened the front door quite
softly, and went out into the garden.

CHILDREN: Run, the Giant is here!.

WINTER ( Varnika): Now the garden is ours once again.

NARRATOR 15 ( Gargi): Only the little boy did not run. His eyes were so full of
tears that he did not see the Giant coming.

GIANT (Swaraj): Take my hand; I will put you up into the tree.

LITTLE BOY (Riyansh Shinde): Thank you.

NARRATOR 16 (Ritesh Shaw): The little boy stretched out his two arms and flung
them round the Giant’s neck, and kissed him.

GIRL 3 (Advika N): Did you see that?.

BOY 2 (Kartik R): The Giant is not angry anymore.

GIRL 2 (Vihana): Let´s go back.

SPRING (Nihira): And I will go back with you.

GIANT (Swaraj): It is your garden now, little children. I will knock down the wall, and you
can come here every day.

CHILDREN: Thank you, Mr. Giant, we love you and this beautiful garden.

DANCE

THE END