Raksasa yang Egois

Setiap sore, sepulang sekolah, anak-anak biasa pergi dan bermain di taman sang Raksasa.

Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant’s garden.

Taman itu luas dan indah, dengan rumput hijau yang lembut.

It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass.

Di sana-sini di atas rumput tumbuh bunga-bunga indah seperti bintang, dan ada dua belas pohon persik yang pada musim semi mekar dengan bunga-bunga lembut berwarna merah muda dan mutiara, dan pada musim gugur menghasilkan buah yang lebat.

Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars, and there were twelve peach-trees that in the spring-time broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in the autumn bore rich fruit.

Burung-burung hinggap di pohon-pohon dan bernyanyi dengan sangat merdu sehingga anak-anak biasa menghentikan permainan mereka untuk mendengarkannya. “Betapa bahagianya kita di sini!” seru mereka satu sama lain.

The birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them. “How happy we are here!” they cried to each other.

Suatu hari sang Raksasa kembali. Dia baru saja mengunjungi temannya, ogre dari Cornwall, dan telah tinggal bersamanya selama tujuh tahun.

One day the Giant came back. He had been to visit his friend the Cornish ogre, and had stayed with him for seven years.

Setelah tujuh tahun berlalu, dia telah mengatakan semua yang ingin dia katakan, karena bahan obrolannya terbatas, dan dia memutuskan untuk kembali ke istananya sendiri. Ketika dia tiba, dia melihat anak-anak sedang bermain di taman.

After the seven years were over he had said all that he had to say, for his conversation was limited, and he determined to return to his own castle. When he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden.

“Apa yang kalian lakukan di sini?” teriaknya dengan suara yang sangat kasar, dan anak-anak pun lari berhamburan.

“What are you doing here?” he cried in a very gruff voice, and the children ran away.

“Tamanku sendiri adalah tamanku sendiri,” kata sang Raksasa; “siapa pun bisa memahaminya, dan aku tidak akan membiarkan siapa pun bermain di dalamnya kecuali diriku sendiri.” Maka dia membangun tembok tinggi di sekelilingnya, dan memasang sebuah papan pengumuman.

“My own garden is my own garden,” said the Giant; “any one can understand that, and I will allow nobody to play in it but myself.” So he built a high wall all round it, and put up a notice-board.

DILARANG MASUK

TRESPASSERS

PELANGGAR AKAN

WILL BE

DITUNTUT

PROSECUTED

Dia adalah Raksasa yang sangat egois.

He was a very selfish Giant.

Anak-anak yang malang itu kini tidak punya tempat untuk bermain. Mereka mencoba bermain di jalan, tetapi jalan itu sangat berdebu dan penuh dengan batu-batu keras, dan mereka tidak menyukainya.

The poor children had now nowhere to play. They tried to play on the road, but the road was very dusty and full of hard stones, and they did not like it.

Mereka biasa berjalan-jalan di sekitar tembok tinggi itu setelah pelajaran sekolah selesai, dan membicarakan taman indah di dalamnya. “Betapa bahagianya kita di sana,” kata mereka satu sama lain.

They used to wander round the high wall when their lessons were over, and talk about the beautiful garden inside. “How happy we were there,” they said to each other.