Mary looked up at one of the mysterious curtains of roses she wondered. ope not"Are they all completely dead She did not want it to be a dead garden If it were alive how wonderful it would be As Mary walked around the garden, she felt as if she had found a world that was all her own. The robin flew down from his treetop and went from one bush to another. He twittered loudly, as if he were showing her things. In one of the corners of the garden, Mary could see that there had once been a flower bed. And sticking out of the earth there, she could see some green shoots 49. She remembered what Ben Weatherstaff had said, and she bent down to look at them"Yes," she whispered to herself. "They are tiny growing things, and they might be crocuses or snowdrops or daffodils All around the garden, Mary found lots more green shoots coming up out of the earth. She was feeling excited again It isn't a dead garden,' she cried out softly to herself. "Even if the roses are dead, there are other things that are alive." Mary did not know anything about gardening. But in some places the grass was very thick and the green shoots did not seem to have enough room to grow. Mary found a sharp piece of wood and dug away the weeds o and the grass Now they look as if they can breathe," said Mary, after she had finished the first ones. She enjoyed herself so much that she went on digging, all around the garden, making space around the green shoots. When it was time for lunch, she realized that she had been working for two or three hours. And she had felt happy all the time When Mary came in for lunch, Martha was delighted to see that she had bright red cheeks and bright eyes"She said you must Mother will be so pleased," she said stay outside as much as possible. And now look at the colour in your face