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1. Give evidences that show the giant was selfish.

          The evidences that show the giant was selfish are when he was so annoyed  seeing the children play in his beautiful garden so hescolded them in a very gruff voice and chased them angrily. Because of his action, the children were so frightened and they all ran away leaving the garden. Besides, the giant said to the children that he will allow nobody but only himself to enter the garden because the garden is only belongs to him and he decided to build a high wall around the garden so that when the children were coming from school, they couldn't enter and play in his  large lovely garden anymore. The giant also put up a notice-board that says ‘trespassers will be prosecuted’.

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2.What are the messages that you get from the story?

          The messages that i get from the story are we don’t need to be selfish towards anybody. For instance, the giant get angry when the children play in his garden but he should feel glad instead because his beautiful garden became an attraction to the children. Next, we should share the happiness together. In this story, we could see that the giant didn't want to share his happiness with the children and he wanted to enjoy his garden all alone but after the children are no longer play in the garden, the garden became gloomy and covered with snow for a long time. He realized his mistake and was very sorry for what he had done. Then, spring arrived after he started let the children play in his garden.

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3.Were you surprised with the ending? Why or why not.

          Yes, I was surprised with the ending. It is because I thought that the giant will get a very bad punishment because of his selfishness and will never change to be a better human being but at the end of the story he realised that he made a mistake and was very sorry for the things he had done towards the kids. He became a very kind-hearted giant and loved to see the children happy playing in his beautiful garden until he grew old. I never imagined that he could said that the children are the most beautiful flowers of all and I was surprised when the boy who once received a help from the giant came back to take him to the garden of Paradise as a reward.

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NOOR FARRA ADLIN BINTI MOHD NAZARI

      My mother is the one who has conceived, gave birth to and raised me wonderfully. I couldn't imagine how was she bears all the pain during the delivery and I think that was the biggest sacrifice that she ever did not only to me, but also to my other siblings because she risked her life just for the sake of giving birth to her children. She is not an ordinary mom. She does everything that she could no matter in what aspect just for her children and family. Since I have reached the teenage phase, I might have some destructive behaviors that would let her down but she handled each of it with patient and gives me some constructive advice so that I can be a better person on every upcoming days. She loves to wake up early in the morning no matter how tired she is, serves food so we can have something to eat and does all the household chores even when she were just gets back from work without asking for anyone's help. She will make sure that I'm safe wherever I go, make friends with good community and living in the good vibes. Apparently, she puts her children before anything else, gives her everything just for make sure that all of her children’s needs are fulfilled in terms of money, clothes and foods no matter how hard it is. She takes the total responsibility to take care of her children  and spent most of her time nurturing us since our first breathe up until our maturity hits us. Besides, she gives a lot of support to me, she taught me to keep moving when I am close to giving up. She lends me her ears to hear my problems and she lends me her shoulders for me to cry on as she knows that the best place to cry is on a mother’s arms. The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children and the best part is she gives me her heart which is the most valuable thing that I have ever had because there's the endless love from a woman that I called mother so, love and appreciate your mother while you still have time to show it. She has greatly influenced my life by teaching the value of love and life. Remember, mother’s love is what made we are today. If I talk about my mother’s sacrifices, it would be a never-ending story and everything that I said just now is just the introduction of her life book about me. Thanks for everything mom.

- Noor Farra Adlin Binti Mohd Nazari