The secret garden — Chapter Eighteen Coming alive (上)
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
COMING ALIVE — Part 1
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Now that the sun had gone down, it was time for Mary and Colin to go back to the house. They were both very hungry, and couldn"t wait to eat. They said goodbye to Ben Weatherstaff. "Make sure to come here tomorrow," said Colin to Ben.
While Dickon was pushing Colin"s chair back to the house, Colin had an idea.
"Mary and Dickon," he said, "l am going to get well. I"m going to walk and run, and be just like any other boy. When my father returns, I will say to him, " Here I am, father. I am well and I will live to be a man." But I don"t want the servants whispering and asking questions. I will go to the garden every day and practice walking and running until I can do both. But I will go there in my chair, and come back in my chair. No one will know I"m well, until I walk back to the house and show them."
Dickon and Mary were very impressed. It would be fun, to keep this secret from the adults.
The secret garden | |
- The secret garden — Chapter Two Across the moors
- The secret garden — Chapter One The child who was left behind
- The secret garden — Chapter Three Meeting Martha
- The secret garden — Chapter Four The Robin and the gardener
- The secret garden — Chapter Five The strange cry
- The secret garden — Chapter Six There was someone crying
- The secret garden — Chapter Seven The key to the garden
- The secret garden — Chapter Eight The Robin shows the way
- The secret garden — Chapter Nine Behind the garden walls
- The secret garden — Chapter Ten Dickon