秘密花园｜The Secret Garden

原著作者｜弗朗西丝·霍奇森·伯内特

• What kind of child would grow up if she had never been loved, even by everyone around her
• The story's main character, Mary, is exactly such a girl
• She was born in India, her parents too busy with parties and social life, leaving her in the care of a nurse
• Raised in coldness, Mary was bad-tempered and pale, like a little tree that had grown crooked
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• A sudden plague took her parents' lives, and Mary became an orphan
• She was sent to an ancient manor in Yorkshire, England called Misselthwaite
• The manor sat on the wild moors, with a hundred rooms, yet deadly still
• Its master Mr. Craven was always traveling abroad
• Because ten years ago, his beloved wife died accidentally in the garden
• He locked that garden, buried the key, and locked his own heart away
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• When Mary first arrived at the manor, she wandered the moors with nothing to do each day
• Until one day, guided by a robin, she dug up a rusty copper key from the earth
• Then a strong wind blew open the thick ivy on the wall, and a hidden narrow door appeared before her
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• Mary pushed the door open and entered, greeted by a world abandoned for ten years
• Everywhere were dead roses and tangled weeds
• But beneath the silence, Mary caught a signal of life, tiny delicate sprouts just beginning to emerge
• This little girl who had never felt love before, for the first time felt a desire to protect something
• She began secretly weeding and loosening the soil, she would revive this garden
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• During this time, Mary met two people her own age who would change her life forever
• One was Dickon, a farm boy who seemed to be the spirit of the moors themselves
• He could talk to all the animals, and he taught Mary how to live in harmony with nature
• The other was the manor's secret, the young master Colin
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• Colin was Mr. Craven's only son
• Because of his wife's accident, Mr. Craven could not even bear to look at this child
• Colin stayed in bed all day, believing he was a hunchback, a monster close to death
• He screamed and threw tantrums, ruling the whole manor with fear
• But when Mary burst into his room, and used the most direct words to expose his cowardice and illusions, these two lonely souls collided
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• Mary and Dickon made a bold decision, to secretly bring Colin into the secret garden
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• That was where miracles began
• When Colin first breathed fresh air, and saw sunlight filtering through the rose vines, he felt magic
• This so-called magic was actually the power of life itself
• In the garden, the children worked together, ran and laughed
• Mary became rosy and cheerful
• And Colin, who once believed he could never stand, actually stood up and took his first steps in the sunshine
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• As the garden came back to life, the children's hearts completed their transformation too
• When Mr. Craven heard his late wife's call in a dream, and returned to the manor
• What he saw was no longer a gloomy ruin, but a paradise filled with laughter and blooming flowers
• And there stood a healthy, upright son waiting for his father
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• A person's heart is like a garden
• If you let it lie barren, it will grow weeds of jealousy, selfishness and anxiety
• But if you are willing to take up the key and sow hope, even a wild moor can bloom with the most brilliant roses
• When you change the way you see the world, the whole world will change for you