The secret garden — Chapter Eleven The bird’s nest

　　Dickon looked just like Martha, with his round blue eyes and red cheeks. "You only like five people?" he said cheerfully. "Who are the other four?"

　　"Your mother and Martha, and the robin and Ben Weatherstaff," said Mary.

　　Dickon laughed so loudly that he put his hand over his mouth. "Well, I know you think I"m a strange boy," he said, "but I think you"re the strangest girl I ever knew."

　　Then Mary did something she had never done befog. She leaned forward and said, "Do you like me?"

　　"Oh, of course! I like you a lot, and so does that robin, I think!"

　　The robin had flown into the garden and was sitting in a tree, watching them and singing.

　　Suddenly Mary heard a loud bell ringing. This meant that it was time for lunch. "Oh, no -- I have to go in and eat lunch. I"m hungry, but I don"t want to go," she said.

　　"Run along and eat. I"ll be here when you get back. I"ll give the robin a bit of my sandwich. He"ll like a bit of bread!" Dickon said.

　　Mary almost felt that Dickon was a magic person, who would disappear when she left him. He seemed too good to be true. She slowly walked to the garden door, but then turned around.

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