The Secret Garden- Continued 2

This will be my last post on The Secret Garden as I have now finished this very enjoyable book. I have two other posts about this book and many exciting and thrilling things have happened since the most recent post. When I wrote the last two posts about The Secret Garden, I thought it was a really good book so far and many exciting things had happened. What really caught my attention though, now, was how the ending of this story had so much detail and action and really made the reader want to finish the book quickly so that they could get to the very happy ending.
My last post about this book finished by explaining how Mary found the key to the secret garden on the moor (with the help of the robin) and was able to go inside as the robin showed her the way to the door.

Mary had a lovely time in the garden and loved looking at different flowers and trees. By playing in the garden a lot she was eating much more than she used to, to Martha's delight. Mary meets a boy called Dicken, who is Martha’s brother and is about Mary’s age. Dickon is a very nice boy and he and Mary get along well when they meet. When Mary sees him she decides to let him into the secret of the garden, which he agrees to keep as he loves gardens. That night, Mary hears the crying she's heard before. She follows the noise and finds a boy her age, living in a hidden bedroom. His name is Colin and she discovers that they are cousins. He is the son of her uncle; his mother died when he was a baby, and he suffers from an unspecified problem with his spine making him an invalid. Many people think he is going to die. The Secret Garden that Mary went into is actually Colin's mother's, but his mother died in the garden from a tree trunk falling on her and so Colin's father (Mr Craven) decided to lock it up. Mary compassionately visits him every day that week, distracting him from his troubles with stories of the moor, of Dickon and of the garden. She thinks he needs fresh air and the secret garden, which Mary tells Colin she has access to. Colin is put into his wheelchair and brought outside into the garden with only Mary and Dickon, being the first time he's been outdoors in years. While they're in the garden, the children are shocked to see Ben Weatherstaff looking over the wall on a ladder. Angry to find the children there in Colin's mother's garden he says he believed Colin was a cripple. Colin stands up out of his chair to prove him wrong and finds that his legs are only weak from not using them for a long time. Colin spends every day in the garden, becoming stronger. The children want to keep Colin's health a secret so he can surprise his father, who is traveling. As Colin's health improves, his father's mood does as well, and he has a dream of his wife calling him into the garden that makes him pack his bags and come home. He walks around the garden when he comes home but hears voices inside, finds the door unlocked and is shocked to see the garden with children in it and his son running around. At the end the servants watch as Mr. Craven walks back to the manor, and all are stunned that Colin walks beside him.

This is a fantastic book to read and I definitely recommend to people my age as it shows how amazing things can happen from fresh air, sunshine, fun and friendship and tells a really good story.

Children in the Secret Garden