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The Secret Garden 秘密花园 简 介 　 　　“咱俩差不多，”本 威瑟斯塔夫老头对玛丽说。“长得丑，脾气也不好。” · 　　可怜的玛丽！谁都不要她，也没人喜欢她。父母去世以后，她被人从印度送回英国 的约克郡，住在她舅舅的家里。那是一幢旧房子，很大，差不多有上百个房间，可大部 分都关得严严实实，还上了锁。玛丽住在那儿，情绪很坏，她感到厌烦、孤独，整天没事 可做，除了园丁本 威瑟斯塔夫老头，没人跟她说说话。 · 　　不过后来玛丽听说了有关秘密花园的事。那花园的门紧锁着，钥匙也不知哪儿去了 10 年了，除了那只能够飞过围墙的知更鸟，没有一个人进过那园子。玛丽望着知更鸟， 琢磨着钥匙会在哪儿…… 　　再后来，夜里房子中什么地方传来奇怪的哭声，听起来像是个孩子…… 　　弗朗西丝 霍奇森 伯内特生于 年，卒于 年。从 岁起她大部分时间住在 · · 1849 1924 16 美国，但经常回英格兰。她是一位终身作家，写了很多书，《秘密花园》是她的代表作。 　 　　　 1 Little Miss Mary 　 　　Nobody seemed to care about Mary ．She was born in India，where her father was a British o icial ．He was busy with his work，and her mother ，who was very beautiful ， spent all her time going to parties ．So an Indian woman，Kamala，was paid to take care of the little girl ．Mary was not a pretty child ．She had a thin angry face and thin yellow hair ． She was always giving orders to Kamala，who had to obey ． Mary never thought of other people ， but only of hersel ．In fact，she was a very selfish，disagreeable，bad-tempered little girl ． 　　One very hot morning，when she was about nine years old ， she woke up and saw that instead of Kamala there was a di erent Indian servant by her bed ． 　　‘ ？’ ．‘ ！ What are you doing here she asked crossly Go away And send Kamala to me at once ！’ 第 1 页 共 52 页 / 原版英语阅读网 　　The woman looked afraid ．‘Im sorry，Miss Mary，she— she—she cant come ！’ 　　Something strange was happening that day ．Some of the house servants were missing and everybody looked frightened ． But nobody told Mary anything，and Kamala still did not come ．So at last Mary went out into the garden，and