Page 74 - Secret Garden

Every fine day, Mary and Colin worked so hard in the Secret Garden that they got hungry as wolves. So, they wolfed down every lunch and supper in minutes. The servants were startled. Mrs Medlock was worried and again the doctor came to call.
So Colin and Mary tried not to eat so enthusiastically – which was very hard after a day digging and pruning and skipping. They picked away slowly at their lunches and dinners, though the food smelled wonderful and their mouths drooled.
But then, the cook was annoyed, Mrs Medlock was worried and the doctor was called again.
What to do? Well, by now, Colin had heard so much about Dickon’s mother that he thought she might help, so he asked Dickon if she too could