Meeting Colin In the middle of the night Mary woke醒来 up. Heavy rain had started falling again and the wind was blowing violently猛烈地 round环绕…而行 the walls of the old house. Suddenly突然地 she heard crying again. This time she decided决定 to discover发现 who it was. She left her room and in the darkness黑暗 followed跟随 the crying sound. Round圆的 corners and through doors, up and down stairs to the other side of the big house. At last she found the right room.
She pushed the door open and went in. It was a big room with beautiful old furniture and pictures. In the large bed was a boy who looked tired and cross穿过 with a thin white tearful face. He stared以星状物装饰 at Mary. "Who are you?" he whispered低声地讲. "Are you a dream?" "No, I'm not. I'm Mary Lennox. Mr. Craven's my Uncle." "He's my father," said the boy. "I'm Colin Craven." "No one ever在任何时候 told me he had a son," said Mary, very surprised感到惊讶的.
"Well, no one ever在任何时候 told me you'd come to live here." "I'm ill, you see. I don't want people to see me and talk about me. If I live, I may have a crooked弯曲的 back like my father, but I'll probably或许 die." "What a strange陌生的 house this is," said Mary. "So many secrets秘密. Does your father come and see you often?" "Not often. He doesn't like seeing me because it makes him remember my mother. She died when I was born承担.
So he almost几乎 hates给……戴上帽子 me, I think." "Why do you say you're going to die?" asked Mary. "I've always been ill. I've nearly差不多 died several几个的 times and my back's never been strong. My doctor feels sure that I'm going to die. But he's my father's cousin and very poor. So he'd like me to die. Then he'd get all the money when my father dies. He gives me medicine and tells me to rest使休息." "We had a grand宏伟的 doctor from London once who told me to go out in the fresh air and try尝试 to get well健康的. But I hate恨 fresh air.
And another thing, all the servants仆人 have to do what I want because if I'm angry, I become ill. Mary thought she liked this boy although he seemed似乎 so strange陌生的. He asked her lots许多 of questions and she told him all about her life in India. "How old are you?" he asked suddenly突然地. "I'm ten and so are you," replied回答 Mary. "Forgetting to be careful. Because when you were born承担, the garden door was locked锁上 and the key was buried埋葬.
And I know that was ten years ago." Colin sat up in bed and looked very interested. "What door? Who locked锁上 it? Where's the key?" "I want to see it." "I'll make the servants仆人 tell me where it is." "They'll take me there and you can come too." "Oh, please don't! Don't do that!" Cried Mary. Colin stared以星状物装饰 at her. "Don't you want to see it?" "Yes, but if you make them open the door, it will never be a secret秘密 again. You see, if only we know about it.
If we can find the key, we can go and play there every day. We can help the garden come alive活着的 again. And no one will know about it except us." "I see," said Colin slowly缓慢地. "Yes, I'd like that. It'll be our secret秘密. I've never had a secret秘密 before." "And perhaps也许," added Mary cleverly, "we can find a boy to push you in your wheelchair轮椅 if you can't walk. And we can go there together without any other people.
You'll feel better健康的 outside. I know I do." "I'd like that," he said dreamily. "I think I'd like fresh air in a secret秘密的 garden." Then Mary told him about the moor沼地 and Dickon and Ben Weatherstaff and the robin知更鸟. And Colin listened to it all with great interest兴趣. He began to smile微笑 and look much happier. "I like having you here," he said. "You must come and see me every day. But I'm tired now. I'll sing you a song."
"My servant仆人 Kamala used to do that in India," said Mary. And very soon, Colin was asleep. The next afternoon, Mary visited Colin again, and he seemed似乎 very pleased开心的 to see her. He had sent his nurse away and had told nobody about Mary's visit. Mary had not told anybody either. They read some of his books together and told each other stories. They were enjoying themselves and laughing loudly大声地 when suddenly突然地 the door opened. Dr Craven and Mrs Medlock came in.
They almost几乎 fell over in surprise. "What's happening here?" asked Dr Craven. Colin sat up straight. To Mary, he looked just like an Indian prince王子. "This is my cousin, Mary Lennox," he said calmly. "I like her. She must visit me often." "Oh, I'm sorry, sir," said poor Mrs Medlock to the doctor. "I don't know how she discovered发现 him. I told the servants仆人 to keep it a secret秘密." "Don't be stupid愚蠢的, Medlock," said the Indian prince王子 coldly. "Nobody told her. She heard me crying and found me herself.
Bring our tea up now." "I'm afraid you're getting too hot and excited兴奋的, my boy," said Dr Craven. "That's not good for you. Don't forget your ill." "I want to forget," said Colin. "I'll be angry if Mary doesn't visit me. She makes me feel better健康的." Dr Craven did not look happy when he left the room. "What a change改变 in the boy, sir," said the housekeeper女管家. "He's usually通常地 so disagreeable with all of us. He really真正地 seems似乎 to like that strange陌生的 little girl. And he does look better健康的." And Dr Craven had to agree.