The secret garden — Chapter Six There was someone crying

　　CHAPTER SIX

　　"THERE WAS SOMEONE CRYING!"

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　　The next morning it was raining very hard. Mary saw that she wouldn"t be able to go outside that day. "What does your family do when it rains?" she asked Martha.

　　"We try not to step on each other, mostly" said Martha. "Our house is so small, arid there are fourteen of us there! The biggest ones go and play in the cow shed. Dickon says he doesn"t mind the rain. He goes outside no matter what the weather. He says he sees things in rainy weather. Once he found a little baby fox. Its mother had been killed, so Dickon brought it home. Another time he found a little crow, almost drowned. He brought it home and tamed it. Now it flies around with him everywhere!"

　　Mary had decided that she liked Martha"s stories. In India, Mary"s Ayi had told her stories about princesses and princes, or magical things. Martha"s stories were more like real life. Mary especially liked it when Martha talked about her mother and Dickon.

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