The secret garden — Chapter Six There was someone crying

　　"Well, if I had animal friend, I could play with it," said Mary. "But I have nothing."

　　"Can you sew?" asked Martha.

　　"No."

　　"Can you read?"

　　"Yes," said Mary. She liked reading.

　　"Well, why don"t you ask Mrs.Medlock if you can go into the library? There are thousands of books there."

　　This was a very good idea. Mary didn"t ask Mrs.Medlock, however. She knew that Mrs. Medlock was always in her comfortable sitting room downstairs. Really, in this house, one never

　　saw anyone at all! Mary decided to go and find the library herself. She could explore the house.

　　Mary waited until Martha had gone downstairs before leaving her room. For the next two hours Mary wandered around the enormous house. It seemed that there really were a hundred rooms. It was such a strange house; no one lived in these many rooms. In one room, there was a little glass cabinet. It had some small elephants inside. They were made of stone. These reminded Mary of India. She opened the cabinet and played with the little stone elephants for a while. Soon she began to feel tired. She put the ivory elephants back into the cabinet, the way she had found them. She decided it was time to go back to her room. She never had found the library!

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