Read the excerpt from "The Selfish Giant" by Oscar Wilde. Answer the question that follows.
Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant's garden.
It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass. 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. 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.
One day the Giant came back. He had been to visit his friend the Cornish ogre, and had stayed with him for seven years. 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.
"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
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Which of the following best describes the perspective of the children?
They feel frightened and intimidated by the Giant's presence and run away from him.
They see the Giant's garden as a beautiful place for all to play and express their happiness.
They view the Giant as a selfish and possessive figure who wants to keep the garden all to himself.
They believe that they have a right to play in the Giant's garden and are angered by his attempt to restrict access to it.