The secret garden — Chapter Seventeen Ben Weatherstaff (下)
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
BEN WEATHERSTAFF — Part 2
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Colin sat up in his chair. He was not a cripple! He wasn"t going to let this poor gardener think so. He might have a weak back, but there was nothing wrong with his legs. "Listen, you! I am not a cripple!" he cried.
"He"s not!" shouted Mary. "He"s really not! And he"s not a hunchback, either. I looked and there"s not even one lump there!"
Ben didn"t know what to think. He put his hand over his eyes. "You — you haven"t got bad legs?" he asked.
"No!" shouted Colin.
"And — you haven"t got a bad back?"
"Come here! Come here!" Colin shouted to Dickon. Dickon ran over to help him. "Take these blankets off me. I"ll show him!"
Dickon threw off the blankets that covered Colin. Colin"s anger gave his body strength. Mary watched him, thinking, "He can do it! He can! He can!"
Slowly, with his hand on Dickon"s arm, Colin stood up. He stared at Ben Weatherstaff angrily. His back was straight, and his legs were straight. His head was held up proudly.
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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