Colin Is Afraid Because it rained all the next week, Mary went to talk to Colin every day instead代替 of visiting the garden. But she woke醒来 early one morning to see the sun shining爬 into her room and she ran out to the secret秘密的 garden at once. She did not even甚至 wait to have her breakfast. It was beautifully美丽地 sunny and warm and a thousand more shoots发芽 were pushing their way out of the ground. Colin was already there, digging掘 hard with the crow鸦 and a young fox狐狸 beside him.
"Have you seen the robin知更鸟?" he asked Mary. The little bird was flying busily backwards倒 and forwards as fast as he could carrying pieces of dry grass. "He's building a nest巢," whispered低声地讲 Mary. They watched the robin知更鸟 for a moment. Then Mary said, "I must tell you something. You probably或许 know about Colin Craven, don't you? Well健康的, I've met him and I'm going to help him to get better健康的." "That's good news." There was a big smile on Dickens' honest诚实的 face.
We all knew he was ill. "He's afraid he'll have a crooked弯曲的 back like his father. I think that's what's making him ill." "Perhaps也许 we can bring him here and let him rest使休息 under the trees. That'll do him good. That's what we'll do." They had a lot许多 of gardening园艺 and planning to do and Mary did not have time to visit Colin that day. When she came back to the house in the evening, Martha told her that the servants仆人 had had trouble问题 with Colin.
"He's been very bad-tempered使回火 all afternoon with all of us because you didn't come, miss未击中." "Well, I was busy. He'll have to learn not to be so selfish自私的," replied回答 Mary coldly. She forgot how selfish自私的 she had been when she was ill in India. "I'll go and see him now." When she went into his room, he was lying躺 in bed, looking tired. He did not turn to look at her. "What's the matter物质 with you?" she asked crossly. "My back aches疼痛 and my head hurts. Why didn't you come this afternoon?" "I was working in the garden with Dickon."
"I won't let that boy come to the garden if you stay with him instead代替 of talking to me." Mary suddenly突然地 became very angry. "If you send Dickon away, I'll never come into this room again. You'll have to if I say so. I'll make the servants仆人 bring you in here." "Oh, will you, Prince? But no one can make me talk to you. I won't look at you. I'll stare盯着看 at the floor." "You selfish自私的 girl!" Cried Colin. "You're more更 selfish自私的 than I am. You're the most最 selfish自私的 boy I've ever在任何时候 met."
"I'm not as selfish自私的 as your fine Dickon. He keeps you playing outside when he knows I'm ill and alone单独的." Mary had never been so furious狂怒的. "Dickon is nicer than any other boy in the world. He's like an angel天使." "An angel天使? Don't make me laugh. He's just a poor country boy with holes in his shoes. He's a thousand times better健康的 than you are." Colin had never argued争论 with anyone like himself in his life, and in fact事实 it was good for him.
But now he was beginning to feel sorry for himself. "I'm always ill," he said, and started to cry. "I'm sure my back is a bit一点 crooked弯曲的 and I'm going to die." "No, you're not!" Said Mary crossly. Colin opened his eyes very wide广泛地. Nobody had said that to him before. He was angry, but a bit一点 pleased开心的 at the same time. "What do you mean? You know I'm going to die. Everybody says I'm going to die." "I don't believe相信 it," said Mary in her most最 disagreeable voice.
"You just say that to make people feel sorry for you. You're too horrid to die." Colin forgot about his painful使痛的 back and sat up in bed. "Get out of the room at once!" He shouted呼喊 and threw a book at her. "I'm going!" Mary shouted呼喊 in reply回答. "And I won't come back!" The door banged重击 shut behind her. When she reached抵达 her own room, she had decided决定 never to tell him her great secret秘密. "He can stay in his room and die if he wants," she thought.
But soon she began to remember how ill he had been and how frightened使惊恐 he was, frightened使惊恐 that one day his back would become as crooked弯曲的 as his father's. "Perhaps也许 I'll go back and see him tomorrow." That night she was woken醒来 by the most最 terrible可怕的 screams尖叫 that she had ever在任何时候 heard. Servants仆人 were opening and shutting doors and running about. "It's Colin," thought Mary. "He'll go on screaming尖叫 until he makes himself really真正地 ill. How selfish自私的 he is! Somebody should stop him!"
Just then, Martha ran into the room. "We don't know what to do!" She cried. "He likes you, Miss! Come and see if you can make him calmer静的, please!" "Well, I'm very cross交叉的 with him," said Mary, and jumped out of bed. "I'm going to stop him." "That's right," said Martha. "He needs someone like you to argue争论 with. It'll give him something new to think about." Mary ran into Colin's room right up to his bed. "Stop screaming尖叫!" She shouted呼喊 furiously.
"Stop at once! I hate恨 you! Everybody hates给……戴上帽子 you! You'll die if you go on screaming尖叫 like this and I hope希望 you will!" The screams尖叫 stopped immediately立即. This was the first time that anyone had spoken so angrily愤怒地 to Colin, and he was shocked使休克. But he went on crying quietly安静地 to himself. "My back's becoming crooked使弯曲! I don't feel it! I know I'm going to die!" Large tears眼泪 ran down his face. "Don't be stupid愚蠢的!" Cried Mary. "There's nothing the matter物质 with your horrid back!"
"Martha, come here and help me look at his back!" Martha and Mrs. Medlock were standing at the door, staring以星状物装饰 at Mary, their mouths half一半地 open. They both looked very frightened害怕的. Martha came forward to help, and Miss Mary looked carefully小心地 at Colin's thin white back, up and down. Her face was serious认真严肃的 and angry at the same time. The room was very quiet. "There's nothing wrong with your back!" She said at last. "Nothing at all! It's as straight as mine!"
Only Colin knew how important重要的 those crossly-spoken, childish孩子的 words were. All his life he had been afraid to ask about his back, and his terrible可怕的 fear害怕 had made him ill. Now an angry little girl told him his back was straight, and he believed相信 her. He was no longer长期地 afraid. They were both calmer静的 now. He gave Mary his hand. "I think I'm almost几乎 sure I will live, if we can go out in the garden together sometimes有时. I'm very tired now.
Will you stay with me until I go to sleep?" The servants仆人 went out very quietly安静地. "I'll tell you all about the secret秘密的 garden," whispered低声地讲 Mary. "I think it's full of roses and beautiful flowers. Birds like making their nests巢 there, because it's so quiet and safe安全的. And perhaps也许 our robin—知更鸟" But Colin was already asleep. The next day, Mary met Dickon as usual通常的 in the secret秘密的 garden and told him about Colin. Mary loved Dickon's Yorkshire dialect方言 and was trying尝试 to learn it herself.
She spoke a little now. "We mustn't get poor Colin out here in sunshine, and we mustn't lose失去 no time about it!" Dickon laughed. "Well done! I didn't know you could speak Yorkshire!" "You're right. We must bring Colin to the garden as soon as we can." So that afternoon, she went to see Colin. "I'm sorry I said I'd send Dickon away," he said. "I hated给……戴上帽子 you when you said he was like an angel天使." "Well, he's a funny kind of angel天使, but he understands(understood) 理解 wild野生的 animals better than anyone!"
Suddenly突然地, Mary knew that this was the right moment to tell him. She caught hold把握 of his hands. "Colin, this is important重要的. Can you keep a secret秘密?" "Yes! Yes!" He whispered低声地讲 excitedly. "What is it?" "We found the door into the secret秘密的 garden." "Oh, Mary! Will I live long长期地 enough足够地 to see it?" "Of course当然 you will! Don't be stupid愚蠢的!" Said Mary Crossley. But it was a very natural自然界的 thing to say, and they both laughed. Colin told Mrs. Medlock and the doctor that he wanted to go out in his wheelchair轮椅.
At first, the doctor was worried担忧 the boy would get too tired. But when he heard that Dickon would push the wheelchair轮椅, he agreed. "Dickon's a sensible感觉得到的 boy," he told Colin, "but don't forget." "I've told you. I want to forget that I'm ill," said Colin, in his Prince's voice. "Don't you understand(understood) 理解? It's because my cousin makes me forget that I feel better健康的 when I'm With her.