Kitabı oku: «Таинственный сад / The Secret Garden. B1», sayfa 7

‘No, that’s themoor. It’s the sound the wind makes, blowing across the moor.’

‘What is amoor?’

‘It’s just miles and miles of wild land, with no trees or houses. Your uncle’s house is right on the edge of themoor.’

Mary listened to the strange, frightening sound. ‘I don’t like it,’ she thought. ‘I don’t like it.’ She looked moredisagreeable than ever.

Glossary:

official – крупный чиновник

disagreeable – с дурным характером

bad-tempered – раздражительный

crossly – раздраженно

cry – крик

wildly – сильно

all through the night – всю ночь

all alone – совсем одна

scream – кричать

horrid – ужасный

crooked – кривой

housekeeper – экономка

a long way – далеко

stay out of his way – держаться подальше от него

stare – пристально смотреть

darkness – темнота

moor – болото

Chapter 2
Mary in Yorkshire

They arrived at a very large old house. It looked dark andunfriendly from the outside. Inside, Mary looked around the big dark hall, and felt very small and lost. They went straight upstairs. Mary was shown to a room where there was a warm fire and food on the table.

‘This is your room,’ said Mrs Medlock. ‘Go to bed when you’ve had some supper. And remember, you must stay in your room! Mr Craven doesn’t want you towander all over the house!’

When Mary woke up the next morning, she saw a young servant girl cleaning thefireplace. The room seemed dark and rather strange, with pictures of dogs and horses and ladies on the walls. It was not a child’s room at all. From the window she could not see any trees or houses, only wild land, which looked like a kind of purple sea.