[...] What
are you doing here?” he cried in a very gruff voice, and the
children ran away. “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.
TRESPASSERS
WILL BE PROSECUTED
He
was a very selfish Giant.
[...]
aus: Oscar Wilde "The Selfish Giant" / "Der selbstsüchtige Riese"