The secret garden — Chapter Ten Dickon

　　CHAPTER TEN

　　DICKON

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　　For one week after this the sun shone on the secret garden. Mary loved being inside the garden"s walls, safely hidden away from the world. It was like being in a magical land. Because of her time spent in the garden, Mary was beginning to like being outside. She no longer hated the strong winds. She could run faster and longer, and she was becoming stronger.

　　Mary was a strange, determined little girl, and now she had something to work for. She spent hours in the garden that week. She pulled up dead grass and weeds. She found more and more little green plants every day. She wondered how long it would be before the plants turned into flowers. When they came, there would be hundreds of them!

　　During that week Mary became more friendly with Ben Weatherstaff. They talked a little, and watched the robin sing and hop about. Ben was not used to company, but he secretly enjoyed seeing Mary. One day during that week Ben asked her, "How long have you been hem?"

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