It is inspired by a story of a little girl who sent a letter to her father, a crew member on the Titanic, telling him how much she loved and missed him. Tragically, the letter never reached him on time, and he died in the sinking of the ship.
The story of the giants is different. Here, the little girl's father was a stowaway on Titanic and died with her letter in his hand. It is said that the uncle dived down to the bottom of the ocean to the Titanic and retrieved it. He then commenced to search the world for the little girl.
By chance, they both ended up in Liverpool at the same time. The girl brought her giant dog, Xolo, and the uncle brought his diving suit.
More than half a million people crowded the streets to watch the Giant Uncle, Little Girl or dog walk past on their mission.
The Giant Uncle stopped for a drink and the dog stopped for a wee. The uncle was seen in places like the Albert Dock, the Strand, Stanley Park, St George's Hall, St Luke's bombed out church, Lime Street and King's Dock. He even leapt over the Chinese Arch.
Meanwhile, the Giant Little Girl and the giant dog went to venues such as Stanley Park, Anfield Road, Everton Brow, Lime Street, Liverpool ONE, Queens Wharf, Mann Island and King's Dock.
Finally, on Saturday evening, they met. The long seach was over.
The uncle, even though he was made of wood, looked astonished, his eyes wide and his mouth open He turned his head and their gaze locked across the docks. Slowly, she walked towards him and they held each other. It was very emotional.
With the little girl on the uncle's knee, their eyes began to close and soon they had both fallen into a deep, peaceful sleep.
Wakey, wakey! On Sunday, sadly, it was time for the pair to say goodbye to the city and their 600,000 new friends and the giants sailed down the River Mersey to another dock to be packed up for their voyage back to France.
The home of the Giant Uncle, Little Girl and dog is the artistic French city of Nantes.
La Princesse, the giant spider, which visited Liverpool in Capital of Culture 2008, was also made there along with the Giant Elephant which you can ride on, along with a fantastic Jules Verne carousel.
How do I know? I went on both last summer!
