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The Giant Who Lived in the Shed

There is a giant living in the garden shed. He is very tall, very shy and very good at growing enormous vegetables.

The Giant Who Lived in the Shed

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The story in four scenes

  1. 1

    The start

    In the picture: A garden shed with a giant's eye peeking through the window

    How it moves: The eye blinks slowly

  2. 2

    The problem

    In the picture: A shy giant squeezing out of a tiny shed door

    How it moves: He ducks and squeezes out, knocking his head

  3. 3

    The try

    In the picture: The giant and two children in a vegetable patch with huge carrots

    How it moves: They pull a carrot twice as big as the children

  4. 4

    The ending

    In the picture: A giant vegetable soup cooking in a paddling pool

    How it moves: The giant stirs it with a garden rake and everyone takes a bowl

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