I can have my bit of earth!
Who said?
My uncle. I asked him and he said "yes."
I can plant seeds anywhere I like.
Blue flowers, pink flowers...
...purple flowers, yellow flowers...
...cornflowers, foxgloves,
any kind we want.
It's raining.
The rain will help our flowers grow.
In India when it rained,
my ayah would tell me stories.
In one of the stories there was a god
who reminds me of you.
When he was growing up...
...he had to be kept a secret,
so no one would see him.
Really?
- Why?
- Because his uncle wanted to kill him.
His uncle dreamed the young god
would take over heaven.
- Where did he hide?
- He lived with some cows.
Was he different from other people?
Only on the inside.
When you looked down his throat
you could see the universe.
The universe couldn't fit
down anybody's throat.
Down his it could.
How?
He'd have to be bigger than the whole
universe to fit it down his throat.
You said he looked like everybody else
on the outside.
That's right. It's inside
that he was different.
- It doesn't make sense.
- It doesn't have to make sense.
It's the idea of it.
It's so stupid.
- No, it's not. It's magic.
- You can't be that stupid.
I am not stupid!
You don't understand. You don't want to!
You can't leave!
You wouldn't dare!
Wouldn't I?
- I'll have them drag you back in.
- Will you, Mr. Rajah?
Fine.
That's just fine.
Then I won't even look at you.
I'll stare at the floor.
I'll clench my teeth together
and never tell you one thing.
Not even about seeing your father.
Yes, you will.
Tell me.
He didn't come to see me.
I'll die 'cause he doesn't like me.
He likes me.
But he's my father!
Maybe if you weren't so rude.
I'm not rude!
Yes, you are! You're so sour!
You won't even open your windows
and let the sunshine in.
How can I? It's raining out.
- Even if it weren't raining.
- Lf it weren't raining, maybe I would.
- You never have.
- Does that mean I never would?
I'm not sour.
Will he ever see Colin?
- He's afraid to fall in love with him.
- He's afraid to love his son?
Sometimes when he's here,
he stays alone for a week.
But Colin wants to see him.
Sometimes, he stays longer.
Longer than a week?
Ten years ago...
...when his wife died,
he locked himself in for over a month.
Colin was such a weak baby,
everyone thought he'd die.
His father couldn't bear losing him, too.
He'd suffered so much already.
My poor little boy.
That was the night the rain stopped,
the night spring came to Misslethwaite.
My poor uncle fled from it...
... as if he were escaping the spring.
Medlock's gone!
It's working. It's working any minute now.
Hold, Dickon!
Hold! It's working!
Come down! We need a hand.
It's beautiful, Colin. Do you feel it?
Do you?
I'm coming!
What about the spores?
Can you see them?
Jesus.
Come help me, please.
Put him on the bed.
Calm yourself, Master Colin.
Please, just calm down!
Calm down. See if Mrs. Medlock's back.
Calm down!
Calm down, please!
Miss Mary, please, don't go in there now.
He's having a dreadful fit.
Lord knows what he'll do.
I don't care. He's so spoiled,
he must be stopped.
Somebody's got to make him stop.
Stop it, you! Stop! I hate you!
Everybody hates you!
You're so selfish! You're the most selfish
boy there ever was!
I'm not as selfish as you are.
Because I'm always ill.
Nobody ill can scream like that.
I'm going to die!
What do you know about dying?
- My mother died!
- Both my parents died!
I'll get a lump on my back.
I'll get a lump like my father's!
It's Master Colin! It's Master Colin!
Come quickly, John. Come quickly.
There's nothing but your bones
sticking out.
It's because you're so skinny.
What in God's name?
Get away from him, beastly girl!
You'll kill him!
- I won't hurt him!
- She's my cousin!
Give me a hand.
Hold his arms up.
Martha, stop that girl!
He doesn't have a lump!
- You let that wretched girl in here?
- No, ma'am.
You disobeyed me!
You are done for.
You can hie yourself home.
But I didn't tell her.
What's going on?
I'll send you away
if you dare think of making her go!
Now, get out of here!
I want to be alone with my cousin.
Beg your pardon?
I'm ordering you to leave this room!
Ordering me?
Go!
I shall.
If only to prevent you from harming
yourself with this hysterical shrieking.
But, I promise you...
Maybe I'm not ill.
I don't see how.
You're just weak.
Do you think I could go outside?
Spores and all?
I don't know anything about spores.
If I went out...
...maybe we could find the door
to my mother's garden.
If we found the door...
...we could go inside.
What is it?
I didn't dare tell you.
I didn't because I was so afraid
I couldn't trust you.
What?
I've been in the secret garden.
I found the key weeks ago.
Go on. Tell me.
When you open the door,
you can't see anything.
Then you go down some stone steps.
By the time you reach the bottom,
you're surrounded by flowers.
Every day, new flowers open.
It's like magic.
Baby animals are being born.
I'm going out in my chair.
If the fresh air agrees with me...
...I may go out every day.
Not every day, surely, Master Colin.
When I go, nobody is to be anywhere near.
None of the staff, not a single gardener.
Is that clear?
What do they say in India...
...when you want people to go?
You say:
"I have spoken. All depart."
I have spoken.
All depart.
But remember...
...this is very important.
Step back.
You are to stay here, Medlock.
- Oh, but Master Colin...
- Stay here!
Just take these stupid things off!
What good are they now?
Get inside.
- Are these your animals?
- Yes.
It's safe.
Go fast, Dickon! Faster! Faster!
Faster, Dickon! Faster!
Faster!
Faster!
Here we go.
Go along, Honker.
I wish I could help.
Don't worry. We'll have you walking
before you know it.
Me? Walk?
Do you think I could?
You have legs like everybody else.
But I never thought l...
Close your eyes, Colin.
Am I there?
Almost.
Now.
Yes.
I imagined this.
The pond was clogged when we first came.
Really?
Do you see that flower?
That's a cornflower. There's a robin's nest.
That's where I found the Empress of India.
I planted all those bulbs and seeds.
I'm going to come here tomorrow.
And the day after.
And the day after that.
See.
You must pull the weeds up...
...to give the flowers room.
Get off.
It's only a worm.
It's not "ew."
See? He likes them, too.
Who's that man?
What are you doing in here?
How did you get in?
You awful, little busybody!
I couldn't bear you the first time
I set eyes on you.
It was the robin who showed me the door.
Do you know who I am?
Who you are?
You're the little cripple.
- Lf he's got a lump...
- I'm not a cripple!
...it's the size of a pin.
- Your back's not crooked?
- No!
And you haven't crooked legs?
Who said I had crooked legs?
No one ever said that.
You can do it.
You can do it.
You can do it.
Look at me.
Just look, you.
We didn't want you, but now you're here.
Don't say a word about it to anyone.
Send for you to help us sometimes.
I've come here before,
when no one saw me.
Your mother...
...was so fond of this garden.
She would ask me to look after her roses.
She'd never ask anybody else.
When she went away,
orders were no one were to come here.
But I come anyway.
She gave her orders first.
You know how to keep a secret.
Come inside. Be quick.
Oh, laddie.
Yes, sir. Right away, sir.
I'll meet him at the door.
- Are you making this magic?
- No.
You are.
It's like the story,
the whole universe is in here.
I'm certain it is.
- I could marry you.
- What?
But we're cousins!
I don't care.
I want us always to be together.
We are together.
Come back.
See you tomorrow.
I'll be back tomorrow.
What's he doing?
What does he want?
He lost his mother.
He's hungry.
He's only a few days old.
He just learned how to walk.
You can hold him, if you like.
Be careful, Master Colin.
Where did he come from?
Three days ago...
...I was out on the moor.
I heard bleating under the bushes.
So, I started to look, and I looked...
...and I looked, and at last,
I seen a bit of gray by a rock.
So, I climbed up
and there was the little one.
Off you go.
Go on. Go on.
Give me your hand.
You can do it.
You can do it.
You can do it.
You can do it.
You did it! You can walk!
I did it! I did it!
I did it!
I did it!
Are you a ghost?
It's me!
Medlock might hear you.
Then we wouldn't have to worry
about her anymore.
She'd drop dead
at the sight of you walking.
How did you get here?
I found the way by myself.
You climbed the stairs?
This is how I want it to be with my father.
I want to surprise him.
Just like this.
I want him to see me
before anyone else does.
I wish we knew how to find him.
Medlock must know.
We can steal the address from her.
I'll have a fit,
and when she comes running...
I saw a desk in your father's room.
It had lots of papers on it.
Maybe it's there.
I looked and I couldn't find the address.
But I discovered another
of my uncle's secrets.
That's my mother.
I think that is my father.
That's me.
I think she's beautiful.
Attention!
Over here.
Smile.
Sit on the swing, Dickon.
Look at each other.
Now, look at me.
Come on, Dickon!
Stop all this.
I am well.
Write to my father
and tell him to come back.
I do not believe you are well.
Your pulse is much too quick.
And there's a definite sign
of fever in your eyes.
John, bring that ice.
Despite what you and your cousin
may think, you're still under my care.
Your father trusts me to do what is best
for you, and that's what I will do.
God, look at your legs.
They're all swollen and red.
Come on, Will.
If I'm so sick,
you should send for my father.
You are to stay in bed.
You are not to go out into the gardens.
Give me the address and I'll write to him.
You'll do no such thing.
Give it to me.
I've had enough.
Between the wretched girl
and the dangers of the fresh air...
...heaven knows what's happened to you.
You could be clotting.
She probably turned your chair over.
I won't stand for it. Not anymore.
I won't stand for any of it! Come on, John.
I'm keeping you children apart.
He is a very ill little boy.
I've worked too hard and too long
to keep him alive...
...to have him killed by one pig-headed,
meddlesome little girl like you.
Come on.
It's safe.
Everybody's gone.
Ben's waiting at the gate.
Thank you.
We're making magic here.
When I grow up,
I'll make great discoveries.
And this is my first experiment.
Aye.
"Oh, great magic
"Please come to me
"Send me my father here
"Set his spirit free
"Oh, great magic
"Please come to me
"Send me my father here
"Set his spirit free
"Oh, great magic
"Please come to me
"Send me my father here
"Set his spirit free
"Oh, great magic
"Please come to me
"Send me my father here
"Set his spirit free"
Go!
Where are you?
In the garden! I'm in the garden!
I'm in the garden!
I'm in the garden...
... with Colin!
I must go.
I must go! Immediately!
I must go tonight. Prepare my bill.
His Lordship's just arrived!
His Lordship?
Where? Where is he?
Outside.
Get me out of this thing.
Will you get me out?
Get me out of it!
Oh, come on!
You're home, sir.
We weren't expecting you.
Here I am. Where's my son?
He's in his room, of course, Your Lordship.
Would you get back to the kitchen,
impudent girl!
Where's my son?
He's here, my lord.
He must be here.
What's happened?
It's that child, my lord.
She's created absolute havoc here.
I've tried to control her.
She must be sent away, my lord.
She'll kill Master Colin...
...for sure.
Take me to her room.
She has no regard for his fragile state
of health. She does what she pleases.
You lock her in?
I've had to, my lord.
That's how wild she is.
Mary?
Your uncle's here.
I beg your pardon, my lord.
Perhaps they're in the garden.
The garden?
How can they be?
It's quite impossible.
I've done my best, sir.
I really have.
But with that child defying me...
Silence, Medlock!
She's just a child.
I left you in charge.
I'll resign, sir.
I'll leave today.
Don't!
Around and around and around we go,
and where we stop, nobody knows.
Catch me!
Come get me!
Where are you?
I can't believe it.
You're here.
The magic worked.
The garden.
Let me show you.
Mary found the key,
she opened the door and went inside...
No one wants me!
This is where the robin has his nest.
See the babies?
They'll be flying soon.
This is where I walked first.
I was like a baby myself.
Why are you here by yourself?
It wasn't wanted.
What wasn't wanted?
The garden.
You're right.
I never wanted to see it again.
You never wanted to see Colin.
You brought us back to life, Mary.
You did something
I thought no one could do.
Don't be afraid.
I won't shut it up again.
Believe me.
Thank you.
Should we call Colin?
What's happening?
Did you see them?
Oh, look!
Master Colin.
Master Colin.
He's walking.
The spell was broken.
My uncle learned to laugh,
and I learned to cry.
The secret garden is always open now.
Open...
... and awake and alive.
If you look the right way...
... you can see
that the whole world is a garden.