Secret Garden

Author: Burnett
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Publish Date: 2002-03-01
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"You're about as much like me as I am like you," said the old Mr. Wuthering to Mary. "Ugly, and bad-tempered." Poor Mary! No one wanted her, and no one liked her. After her parents died, she was sent from India to Yorkshire, England, to live with her uncle. It was an old house, very large, with almost a hundred rooms, but most of them were locked tight. Mary lived there, and she was in a bad mood. She felt bored, lonely, and had nothing to do all day, except for the old gardener, Mr. Wuthering. Later, Mary heard about the secret garden. The garden's gate was locked, and the key was nowhere to be found. For ten years, no one had entered the garden except for the robin that could fly over the wall. Mary watched the robin and wondered where the key might be. Later, at night, strange crying came from somewhere in the house, sounding like a child.