The secret garden — Chapter Eight The Robin shows the way

　　Mary put the key in her pocket and walked up and down. She looked at the garden walls. There were many thick, green vines covering the walls, so that you couldn"t see the bricks underneath. Mar/felt a little frustrated. There just had to be a door somewhere! It seemed so silly to be so close to the garden, and yet not to be able to enter! Mary decided to always keep the key with her in case she ever found the door.

　　The next morning when Mary woke up Martha was there. She had returned from her visit to her family, and was feeling quite happy. As Mary ate, Martha told her about her visit. She had helped with the washing and baking, and in the evening, the whole family had sat around the fire. Martha had told her brothers and sisters all about the new girl at Misselthwaite Manor, who was from India.

　　"The children loved hearing about you! Their eyes almost fell out of their heads, when I told them about the black people, and the ship you arrived in, and everything."

　　Mary thought a little. "I"ll tell you more stories of India, so the next time you go home, you"ll have more to talk about. Do you think the children would like to hear about riding on elephants and camels, and snake charmers, and magic men?"

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