Mary Lennox had a little face and a thin little body. She had big eyes with long brown hair. She was a beautiful girl but she didn't look healthy. She used to live in India where a terrible disease had killed thousands of people.
Among the dead were Mary's mother and father. At first she was a little bit sad but she didn't miss them very much because she hardly knew them. Her father was working for the British Government and her mother didn't spend enough time with her.
Instead of pare ...