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Inside the room, Colin looked tired and ill as usual. But he turned his pale face to Mary and said, “This afternoon I'll see it! I'm thinking about what it'll look like. ”
“The g 1?
garden
” Mary asked.
“Yes, and I've never seen it,” said Colin.
The servant carried Colin outside and put him in his wheelchair. Dickon began to push it slowly. Mary followed and Colin l 2
lifted
his face up. The sky looked high. The clouds looked like birds. The wind came with sweetness. Colin was lifting his thin chest to enjoy the air.
When they came to the ivy walls, the excited feeling made them begin to w 3
whisper
. “This is where I walked up and down,” said Mary.
“Is it?” Colin asked. “But there's no d 4
door
. ” A few metres more, Mary whispered again. “This is where the b 5
bird
flew over the wall. ”
“Is it?” Colin said. “I wish the bird would come again!”
“And that,” said Mary, pointing under a tree, “is where it s 6
showed
me the key. ”
Colin sat up.
“Where? There?” Colin asked.
Mary walked to the ivy walls and moved the ivy branch.
“Look! Here's the door. Dickon, p 7
push
him in—quickly!” Mary cried.
Dickon did it with one strong, steady push.
They were inside the garden and the chair stopped as if by magic.
Colin l 8
looked
into the garden. Over walls and trees, the green leaves crept. In the grass under the trees there were gold, purple and white f 9
flowers
. The sun fell warm upon his face with a lovely touch. Mary and Dickon looked at Colin in s 10
surprise
. He looked so different because a pink colour was creeping all over him—his face, neck and hands and all.
“I shall get well!” he cried out. “Mary! Dickon! I shall live forever and ever!”
—Taken from The Secret Garden
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