As Dickon pushed the wheelchair all round the garden, he told Colin the names of all the plants. The sun shone, the birds sang, and in every corner of the garden there was something interesting to look at. The three children talked and laughed, and by the end of the afternoon all three were speaking Yorkshire together.
'I'll come back here every afternoon,' said Colin. 'I want to watch things growing.'
'Soon you'll be strong enough to walk and dig. You'll be able to help us with the gardening,' said Dickon kindly,