Salta il testo dell’articolo
IX . Colin “ No , ” said the boy . “ I am Colin Craven . Who are you ? ” “ I am Mary Lennox . Mr Craven is my uncle . ” “ He is my father , ” said the boy . “ Your father ! ” said Mary . “ Nobody ever told me he had a son ! ” “ Come here , ” said Colin . He touched her dress with his thin fingers . “ You are real , aren’t you ? I often have dreams like this . Why did you come ? ” “ The wind kept me awake , and I heard someone crying . ” “ I couldn’t sleep either , and my head ached . Nobody told me about you . They wouldn’t dare . I don’t let people see me or talk about me . I’m always ill and lying down . If I live , I may have a crooked back like my father . But I shan’t live . ” “ What a strange house this is ! ” said Mary . “ Everything is a secret . Rooms are locked up , and gardens are locked up , and you ! Does your father come to see you ? ” “ Sometimes , when I’m asleep . He doesn’t want to see me . My mother died when I was born , and it makes him unhappy to look at me . I’ve heard people say so . ” “ He hates the garden because she died , ” said Mary , half to herself . “ What garden ? ” asked Colin . “ Oh , just a garden she used to like , ” said Mary quickly . But it was too late . Colin wanted to know everything , so Mary told him that the door was locked and the key was buried . “ It has been locked for ten years , ” she said . “ We are both ten . It was locked when you were born . ” “ I’ll make them open it , ” said Colin . “ Everyone has to do what I say . This place will belong to me one day , if I live . I’ll make the gardeners tell me where the door is . ” Mary did not know that she was spoiled herself . But she could see that this boy was very spoiled . “ Oh , don’t ! ” she said . “ If they open it , it will never be a secret again . But if we find it ourselves , and if a boy pushes your chair , we can go in alone . It will be our own secret garden . ” Colin lay back on his pillow . His face grew dreamy . “ I’d like that , ” he said . “ I never had a secret before . ” Then he pointed to a pink silk curtain on the wall . “ Pull that cord . ” Behind the curtain there was a picture of a laughing young woman with bright hair . Her eyes were grey , with black lashes , just like Colin’s eyes . “ That’s my mother , ” said Colin . “ If she had lived , I don’t think I’d always be ill . I keep her behind the curtain because she’s mine . I don’t want other people to look at her . ” At last he grew sleepy . “ Hold my hand and sing me something , ” he said . Mary sang him a soft little song that her ayah used to sing in India . Soon he was asleep , and she crept back to her room .
Indietro Pagina 10 di 18 Pagina 10 di 18 Avanti Continua a leggere con le traduzioni Crea un account gratuito: 7 giorni di Pro, poi 20 traduzioni di parole al giorno oppure un piano a pagamento.
