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THE SECRET GARDEN SUMMARY

Mary Lennox lives with her rich parents in India. No

one has ever really cared for her; hardly anyone

knows she is even there. One day a cholera

epidemic breaks out and nearly everyone dies.

Mary hides in the nursery and when she wakes up

the next morning, there is no one left. She is sent to

England where her uncle, Archibald Craven, lives. A

woman called Medlock is sent to take her to the

manor. Normally the 500 year old Misselthwaite

Manor on the Yorkshire moors isnt a place for a

child to grow up. There are about a thousand

rooms, hundreds locked, so no one can go in. There

is a big mystery about a secret garden that had been locked up ten years ago. A young

housemaid called Martha has to look after Mary. First Mary doesnt like her much, but

because Martha is so nice and funny she soon starts liking her. Martha gives her a

skipping rope, so Mary can play in the many gardens of Misslethwaite Manor. In the

gardens she meets Ben Weatherstaff, an old gardener, and his robin. The robin

becomes Marys first friend. He shows her the key to the secret garden and also the

door hidden under thick ivy. As soon as she enters the garden, it becomes her own

little mystic world. One day she hears cries and looks for the person (It isnt th e firsttime she has heard it, but every time she wanted to look somebody stopped her and

gave her some explanation). In a room behind a tapestry she finds a boy, Colin Craven,

her cousin. He cant walk nor stand up, and everybody thinks that hes going to die. His

father has never wanted to see him because hes so different from his dead mother.

With Dickon, Marthas brother, and Mary he goes into the secret garden in a kind of a

wheel chair, and learns to walk. They all say its Magic that made all these wonders

possible: Colins walking, Marys change into a nice girl and her joy in the secret

garden.

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POMPEYA

Pompeii was a city of Ancient Rome,located near modern Naples and other

smaller venues in the region ofCampania, near the modern city ofNaples and situated around the bay ofthe same name in the province ofNaples.

Weather: 19 C, wind S at 8 km / h, 68%humidity

Local time: Wednesday 18:15

Attractions: Mount Vesuvius, Villa of the

Mysteries, House of the Vettii, House ofthe Faun, Amphitheatre of Pompeii,Temple of Apollo, Temple of Jupiter,

House of Loreius Tiburtinus, House of the Tragic Poet, House of Menander,House of the surgeon.

THE TRAGIC STORY OF POMPEII

It is believed that the city was

founded by the Oscans in the

seventh century BC, and over the

years became a rich city, full of

palaces, monuments and gardens.

Pompeii enjoyed great prosperity

when in 62 suffered a major

earthquake that severely damaged

the city.

While still continuing reconstruction efforts, in 79 there would be a tragic event

that marked the course of the history of the city. One morning the volcano

Vesuvius awoke with great force, burying the city under ashes completely.

The city lay forgotten until it was rediscovered in the sixteenth century.

Excavations began in 1748 and have since been unearthed more than 45

hectares of land.