Selfish Giant
Where/sit?
Where does he sit?
The Selfish Giant sits at his window.
Where/birds?
Where are birds? They are not in the garden because it is cold
What/ the Hail?
What does the Hail do?
Every day he sits on the roof of the Giant’s big, old house. He never stops hitting it noisily, hour after hour.
What/do?
What does he do?
He looks out at his cold, white garden.
Where/flowers?
Where are flowers?
They sleep under ground because it is cold.
What/ the Snow and the Frost/put?
What do the Snow and the wind put?
The Snow puts her cold, white coat on the ground, and the Frost puts silver on the dark trees.
What/say?
What does he say?
‘I don’t understand,’ he says. ‘The spring’s very late this year. When is it coming? And when is this winter finishing?’
Why/trees/dark?
Why do trees stay dark?
The trees there stay dark because there are no children.
Why/the North wind/make noise?
Why does the North wind make a lot of noise?
He makes lots of noise up and down the garden because he moves things here and there all day.