The secret garden — Chapter Ten Dickon

　　"I"m Dickon," said the boy. "I know you"re Miss Mary."

　　Mary realized that she had known this was Dickon from the beginning. Who else could it have been? Dickon had a wide smile, and it filled his whole face.

　　"I stood up so slowly because wild animals don"t like it when you move fast. You have to move slow, and speak softly."

　　He spoke to Mary as if he"d known her a long time. However, Mary knew nothing about boys, so she felt a little shy.

　　"Did you get Martha"s letter?" she asked.

　　"Yes, that"s why I came," said Dickon. He pointed to a little package on the ground. "I"ve got your garden tools and seeds."

　　"Will you show the seeds to me?" asked Mary.

　　Looking at Dickon"s friendly face she forgot to be shy. "Let"s sit on this log and look at them together," she said.

　　They sat down and Dickon took out a package. Inside were small envelopes of seeds. "Here are some poppy seeds, and here"s some mignonette. Mignonette flowers are the sweetest smelling in the world. They"ll grow wherever you plant them, the same as the poppies!"

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