The secret garden

248 THE SECRET GARDENbushes look as wick as wick can be, and there areprimroses in the lanes and woods, and the seedswe planted are up, and Dickon has brought thefox and the crow and the squirrels and a new-bornlamb."And then she paused for breath. The new-bornlamb Dickon had found three days before lyingby its dead mother among the gorse bushes on themoor. It was not the first motherless lamb hehad found and he knew what to do with it. Hehad taken it to the cottage wrapped in his jacketand he had let it lie near the fire and had fed itwith warm milk.for itsIt was a soft thing with a darlingsilly baby face and legs rather longbody. Dickon had carried it over the moor in hisarms and itsfeeding bottle was in his pocket witha squirrel, and when Mary had sat under a treewith its limp warmness huddled on her lap shehad felt as if she were too full of strange joy toliving lamb whospeak. A lamb a lamb ! Alay on your lap like a baby!She was describingit with great joy and Colinwas listening and drawing in long breaths of airwhen the nurse entered. She started a little atthe sight of the open window. She had sat stiflingin the room many a warm daypatient was sure thatcold.because heropen windows gave people