The Secret Garden Story
Once upon a time, there used to live a little 10-year-old girl. Mary
Lennox. She belonged to a British-Indian family and lived in India with
her parents. Mary was very rude, arrogant, and selfish. She was always
surrounded by servants who performed all her works. Her parents were
very unloving and didn't care about her. Unfortunately, both her
parents and most of the servants died in the Cholera epidemic. She
was sent to her uncle's house in England. Her uncle Archibald Craven
was a rich clergyman of England, also a widow. Archibald was a very
rude and self-centred man. Most of the time he used to stay out of the
house and travel for business work. Mary rarely saw her uncle. At his
uncle's house, she was always locked inside her room by her
overprotective housekeeper. She was told not to roam around the
house or do any kind of mischief. Mary felt very sad and it was hard to
adjust to her new environment. A few days later she met the young
chamber girl and both of them became friends. The chamber girl used
to tell some very interesting stories to her. One day while talking, the
chamber girl told Mary about her uncle's secret garden. The
Chambergirl told Mary that the garden was very beautiful, but it was
hidden somewhere in the house. Mary was curious about the secret
garden; she wanted to know more about it and visit it once. From that
day she began to search for the garden. She began exploring the
whole house while hiding from the housekeepers. She even enquired
the oldest Gardner of the house, but even he knew nothing. Mary
almost lost hope and was about to quit. Just then a swift eagle flew
from her side and scared her, Mary began to follow the eagle and
suddenly it dropped a key. The key was very beautiful and looked
mysterious. After getting the key Mary once again started her search
and finally found a secret door near a wall. She immediately took her
key and opened the door. As she opened the door she was amazed to
see such a big garden inside the door. Unfortunately, the garden was
in very bad shape, all the flowers were dried and the bushes were
overgrown. She felt very sad about the garden and decided to make it
better. The next day, she began cleaning and planting flowers in the
garden. She discovered that she likes gardening and spending time
with nature. Each day her love for nature increased. This also led to
another change, Mary's behaviour became better and better. She was
becoming more polite, kind, and generous each passing day in the
garden. One day Mary came across her cousin Dickens, he was a little
10-year-old boy. Dickens was physically disabled, as he lost his legs in
an accident. Mary tells Dickon about the secret garden and invites him
to the garden. As they walk toward the garden, Mary spots the
chamber girl and invites her also. All three of them enter the garden
and are amazed to see such a beautiful sight. Suddenly Dickens stood
up and began walking, both of them were shocked and happy. Soon
Uncle Craven came home and discovered the secret garden. He was
also very amazed to see the beautiful garden. He also saw his son
Dickon standing on his feet and walking. Carven was shocked and
began crying out of happiness. He was very happy with Mary and
hugged both of them in love.
