CHAPTER 7

I Will Live for Ever and Ever

olin looked terrible. His face was swollen from crying, but Mary was too angry to care. 'If you scream
again, then I will scream louder,' she told him. I can't stop,' Colin sobbed 2. There's something Wrong
with my back. I will have a crooked back, and then I will die!" "Turn over and let me look at your back,'
Mary said. She looked at the poor, thin back for a long time. There's nothing wrong with it. Your back is
as straight as mine, she told him. Colin stopped crying, and Mary sat by his hed, talking to him quietly
until he fell asleep. The next morning. Mary met Dickon in the garden, and she told him about Colin
crying in the night.

'We must get him out here, poor boy,' said Dickon, kindly. "Yes, we must,' said Mary, using the same,
kind Yorkshire voice. Dickon laughed. 'Talk in your Yorkshire voice to Colin,' he said. 'It'll make him laugh,
and Mother says laughing is good for people when they're ill. Mary went to see Colin later that day. She
told him about Dickon and his squirrels who were called Nut and Shell. Then Colin said, I'm sorry I said
that I would send Dickon away. He seems a wonderful boy. I'm glad you said that,' said Mary, 'because
he's coming to see you, and he's bringing his animals.' Colin suddenly looked cheerful. He looked so
happy. that Mary thought that she would tell him her great secret. "That's not all,' she said. "There's
something even better. I've found the door to the garden. Colin was very pleased. Then we can go in and
find out what's inside,' he cried. Mary waited for a moment, and then she told him the truth ! . 'I've
been inside. That's why I could tell you so much about it. I couldn't tell you my secret until I was sure
that I could trust 2 you. At breakfast, Colin told his nurse. A boy and his animals are coming to see me.
Bring them straight up when they arrive.

Soon afterwards, Mary heard a bleating 3. "That's Dickon's lamb 4,' she said. They're coming.

Bab 7
Aku Akan Hidup selama-lamanya
olin tampak mengerikan. Wajahnya bengkak karena menangis, tapi Mary terlalu
marah untuk peduli. 'Jika kamu berteriak lagi, maka aku akan berteriak lebih
keras,' dia memberitahunya. Aku tidak bisa berhenti,' isak Colin 2. Ada yang salah
dengan punggungku. Punggungku akan bengkok, dan kemudian aku akan mati!"
"Balikkan dan biarkan aku melihat punggungmu," kata Mary. Dia memandangi
punggung yang kurus dan malang itu untuk waktu yang lama. Tidak ada yang
salah dengan itu. Punggungmu lurus seperti punggungku, katanya. Colin berhenti
menangis, dan Mary duduk di sampingnya, berbicara dengannya dengan tenang
sampai dia tertidur. Pagi selanjutnya. Mary bertemu Dickon di taman, dan dia
bercerita tentang Colin yang menangis di malam hari.

'Kita harus membawanya ke sini, anak malang,' kata Dickon dengan ramah. "Ya,
kita harus," kata Mary, menggunakan suara Yorkshire yang sama dan baik hati.
Dickon tertawa. 'Bicaralah dengan suara Yorkshiremu kepada Colin,' katanya. 'Itu
akan membuatnya tertawa, dan Ibu berkata tertawa itu baik untuk orang-orang.
ketika mereka sakit. Mary pergi menemui Colin hari itu. Dia bercerita tentang
Dickon dan tupai-tupainya yang disebut Nut and Shell. Kemudian Colin berkata,
Maaf, saya mengatakan bahwa saya akan mengirim Dickon pergi. anak yang luar
biasa. Aku senang kamu mengatakan itu,' kata Mary, 'karena dia datang
menemuimu, dan dia membawa hewan-hewannya.' Colin tiba-tiba tampak ceria.
Dia tampak sangat bahagia. Mary berpikir bahwa dia akan memberitahunya
rahasia besarnya. "Bukan itu saja," katanya. "Ada sesuatu yang lebih baik lagi.
Saya telah menemukan pintu ke taman. Colin sangat senang. Kemudian kita bisa
masuk dan mencari tahu apa yang ada di dalamnya," teriaknya. Mary menunggu
sebentar, lalu dia mengatakan yang sebenarnya! 'Aku sudah di dalam. Itu
sebabnya aku bisa memberitahumu begitu banyak tentang hal itu. Aku tidak bisa
memberitahumu rahasiaku sampai aku yakin bahwa aku bisa mempercayaimu.
Saat sarapan, Colin memberi tahu perawatnya. hewan datang menemui saya
Bawa mereka lurus ke atas ketika mereka tiba.
Tak lama kemudian, Mary mendengar suara mengembik 3. "Itu domba Dickon 4,"
katanya. Mereka datang.