content: but the spring never came , nor the summer.the autumn gave golden fruit to every garden , but to the giant 's garden she gave none . " he is too selfish , " she said . so it was always winter there , and the north wind , and the hail , and the frost , and the snow danced about through the trees . one morning the giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music . it sounded so sweet to his ears that he thought it must be the king 's musicians passing by . it was really only a little linnet singing outside his window , but it was so long since he had heard a bird sing in his garden that it seemed to him to be the most beautiful music in the world . then the hail stopped dancing over his head , and the north wind ceased roaring , and a delicious perfume came to him through the open casement . " i believe the spring has come at last , " said the giant ; and he jumped out of bed and looked out . what did he see ? 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 . in every tree that he could see there was a little child . and the trees were so glad to have the children back again that they had covered themselves with blossoms , and were waving their arms gently above the children 's heads . the birds were flying about and twittering with delight , and the flowers were looking up through the green grass and laughing . it was a lovely scene , only in one corner it was still winter . it was the farthest corner of the garden , and in it was standing a little boy . he was so small that he could not reach up to the branches of the tree , and he was wandering all round it , crying bitterly . the poor tree was still quite covered with frost and snow , and the north wind was blowing and roaring above it . " climb up ! little boy , " said the tree , and it bent its branches down as low as it could ; but the boy was too tiny . and the giant 's heart melted as he looked out . " how selfish i have been ! " he said ; " 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 for ever and ever . " he was really very sorry for what he had done . so he crept downstairs and opened the front door quite softly , and went out into the garden . but when the children saw him they were so frightened that they all ran away , and the garden became winter again . only the little boy did not run , for his eyes were so full of tears that he did not see the giant coming . and the giant stole up behind him and took him gently in his hand , and put him up into the tree . 
answer: he realized that he was selfish .
question: why was the giant sorry for what he had done ?
target: why was the giant sorry for what he had done ?
references: why was the giant sorry for what he had done ?