The secret garden — Chapter Seven The key to the garden
"That"s the smell of the good earth, getting ready to grow things. If you look into the gardens, you"ll see small plants beginning to grow."
"What are they?" asked Mary.
"They"re different kinds of flowers. Crocuses and daffodils. Haven"t you ever seen them before?" asked Ben.
"In India, we don"t have flowers like that. And it is always hot, and wet, and green. After it rains, things will grow very quickly."
"Well, they don"t do that here. But you watch. They"ll get a little bigger each day," said Ben.
"Are there also flowers growing in the garden where the robin lives?" Mary asked.
Ben didn"t seem to like this question. "Ask the robin!" he said. "He"s the only one that knows. No one has been inside that garden for ten years."
Mary walked away, thinking. She liked the mysterious garden, even though she"d never been inside it. She liked the robin, too. Also, she liked Martha, and she even liked Dickon and Martha"s mother, even though she"d never met them. This seemed like a lot of people to like, when you"d never had friends before!
The secret garden | |
- The secret garden — Chapter Two Across the moors
- The secret garden — Chapter One The child who was left behind
- The secret garden — Chapter Three Meeting Martha
- The secret garden — Chapter Four The Robin and the gardener
- The secret garden — Chapter Five The strange cry
- The secret garden — Chapter Six There was someone crying
- The secret garden — Chapter Seven The key to the garden
- The secret garden — Chapter Eight The Robin shows the way
- The secret garden — Chapter Nine Behind the garden walls
- The secret garden — Chapter Ten Dickon