She moves home and, through her contact with country life and people, she gradually changes. She discovers an abandoned garden which gives her a driving aim in life: to bring the garden back to life. Mary is a changed child, so changed that, when she finds someone similar to her former self, she decides to change him too. Underlying this story are valuable lessons about the importance of kindness, physical exercise and contact with the natural world.

 

Vocabulary areas

family, nature, friendship, physical descriptions, feelings

Grammar and structures

Present simple

Past simple (regular and irregular forms)

Past continuous

Must for obligation

Adverbs of frequency

Games and language activities | Au audio recording of the story | A picture dictionary

 

Friendship | Overcoming difficulties | Health and happiness