Of course, it was most important th

Of course, it was most important that no one should see Colin, Mary, or Dickon entering the secret garden. So Colin gave orders to the gardeners that they must all keep
away from that part of the garden in future.
The next afternoon Colin was carried downstairs by a man servant, and put in his wheelchair outside the front door. Dickon arrived, with his crow, two squirrels and the
fox, and started pushing the wheelchair gently away from
the house, and into the gardens. Mary walked beside the chair.
Spring had really arrived now and it seemed very exciting to Colin, who had lived indoors for so long. He smelt the
warm air from the moor, and watched the little white clouds in the blue sky. In a very short time he heard Mary
say, 'This is where I found the key . . . and this is the door ... and this.., this is the secret garden!'
Colin covered his eyes with his hands until he was inside the four high walls, and the door was shut again. Then he
looked round at the roses climbing the old red walls, the pink and white flowers on the fruit trees, and the birds and the butterflies everywhere. The sun warmed his face, and
he suddenly knew he felt different.
'Mary! Dickon!' he cried. 'I'm going to get better! I'm going to live for ever and ever and ever!'
As Dickon pushed the wheelchair all round the garden,