The secret garden — Chapter Eighteen Coming alive (上)

　　"She always liked these, Master Colin," he said one day, pointing to some tall purple flowers. "Your mother liked flowers that always looked up at the sun and sky. She herself wasn"t a lady who looked down at the ground. Not her! She said the blue sky always looked so happy."

　　Colin kept his promise to himself. Every day he took a walk around the garden. He was very slow at first, and he got tired easily. But he did not give up. He believed that there was some kind of magic in the garden. It gave his arms and legs strength to move. Of course, Colin wanted to walk and run, so he tried very hard. But who was to say them wasn"t some magic there?