I just want to play outside, I enjoy that.
‘Yes,Martha's mother,Susan Sowerby,spoke to me the other day.She's a sensible woman—and she said you needed fresh air.But where do you play?’
‘Everywhere!I just skip and runand look for green shoots.I don't damage anything!’
‘Don't look so frightened!Of course a child like you couldn't damage anything.Play where you like.Is there anything that you want?’
Mary came a step nearer to him,and her voice shook a little as she spoke.‘Could Icould I have a bit of garden?’
Mr Craven looked very surprised.