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Two of Oscar Wilde's Magical Tales: The Nightingale and the Rose and the Selfish Giant
Two of Oscar Wilde's Magical Tales The Nightingale and the Rose and the Selfish Giant Author:Oscar Wilde The Nightingale sacrifices her life, singing all night long with her breast against a thorn to create a rose for the student to give to his love, saying "..what is the heart of a bird compared to the heart of a man?" However, the object of the student's passion rejects the rose when presented with jewels by another suitor. Then meet th... more »e truly selfish giant who does not permit children to play in his garden. He puts up a notice board: TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED and can't understand why his garden now is always winter where no flowers bloom. Oscar Wilde fairy tales seem to belong with the Andersen stories...one finds so many areas of comparison... No child should be deprived of listening to a story simply because someone feels that perhaps a story is too sophisticated for the listener. One never knows what experiences a child brings to his 'listening' - what his imagination pictures for him! Given the opportunity the child will listen! END« less