The secret garden — Chapter Thirteen Colin

　　"Oh, probably," he answered, as if he didn"t care. "Ever since I was small, I"ve heard people say I won"t live. They think I didn"t understand or hear, bat I did."

　　"Do you want to live?" asked Mary.

　　"No," he answered, almost angrily. "But I don"t want to die. When I feel sick, I lie here alone and think about dying until I cry and cry."

　　Mary didn"t know what to say.

　　"Let"s talk about something else," said Colin. "Tell me more about the garden. Don"t you want to see it?"

　　"Well...I suppose," said Mary in a low voice.

　　"I do, too. I might want to go outside, if I could see that garden. I m going to make them unlock the door," said Colin.

　　Mary was horrified. Everything would be ruined! Dickon would never come back. "No, don"t -- don"t do that! Please!" she cried.

　　"But you said you wanted to see it," said Colin.

　　Mary felt like crying. "I do," she said quickly, "but if you tell everyone about it, then it won"t be a secret anymore. One day, maybe we could find it by ourselves. I mean, if there was a door. Then it would be our garden. No one would know about it."

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