Perhaps I Have Not Really A Good

When Mary Lennox Was Sent To Misselthwaite Manor To Live With Her Uncle Everybody Said She Was The Most Disagreeable-looking Child Ever Seen. It Was True Too . . . She Was As Tyrannical And Selfish A Little Pig As Ever Lived.

Hang In There. It Is Astonishing How Short A Time It Can Take For Very Wonderful Things To Happen.

...and Her Mother Had Been A Great Beauty Who Cared Only To Go To Parties And Amuse Herself With Gay Parties.

I Don't Know Who It Is," She Said; "but Somebody Cares For Me A Little. I Have A Friend.

Imagine, If You Can, What The Rest Of The Evening Was Like. How They Crouched By The Fire Which Blazed And Leaped And Made Much Of Itself In The Little Grate. How They Removed The Covers Of The Dishes, And Found Rich, Hot Savory Soup, Which Was A Meal In Itself, And Sandwiches And Toast And Muffins Enough For Both Of Them.