When Mary Lennox was born, no one really wanted her. Her father worked for the British government in India and had no time for raising a child. Mary’s beautiful mother hadn’t wanted a litte girl at all; she cared only about going to parties.
So their sickly, fretful baby was handed over to an Ayah-an Indian nanny. Mary’s Ayah knew that
The baby’s crying made her mother angry, so to keep Mary quiet, she let her have her own way in everything.
Mary grew up as selfish a child as had ever lived.