It was the loveliest, most exciting place she had ever seen.
There were old rose trees everywhere, and the walls were covered with climbing roses.She looked carefully at the grey branches.Were the roses still alive? Ben would know.She hoped they weren't all dead.But she was inside the wonderful garden, in a world of her own.
It seemed very strange and silent,but she did not feel lonely at all.
Then she noticed some small green shoots coming up through the grass.
So something was growing in the garden after all.
When she found a lot more shoots in different places, she decided they needed more air and light, so she began to pull out the thick grass around them.
She worked away, clearing the ground, for two or three hours, and had to take her coat off because she got so hot.The robin hopped around, pleased to see someone gardening.