This act is how the Giant demonstrates his goodwill towards the children, and it begins about his reformation-and it happens, unbeknownst to the Giant, according to Christ’s grand design. The Giant, eager to atone for his hardheartedness, raises the boy up into the tree-which at once bursts into bloom, as the child kisses his newfound friend. He huddles in the farthest corner of the garden, where the winter weather remains, crying because he is too small to climb the nearby tree. He is singled out not by his divine nature, which he conceals, but by the fact that he is the only child not enjoying the springtime. The Christ Child first appears among the many children who sneak back inside the Giant’s garden through the hole in the wall, anonymous in the crowd. The little boy in the story is Christ in disguise, and he assumes this form so as to offer the Giant a chance at redemption.
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