A girl named Mary Lennox was a very disagreeable-looking child and had been born in India and had always been ill. Her mother did not want her and handed her to a servant Ayah to take care of and the child grew up spoiled and a little monster. A sickness had taken the mansion and many of the servants had died including Ayah and Mary was left alone in the nursery. Mary Lennox was abandoned in the nursery and her mother died and all the nurse left. Mary Lennox is sent away to her uncle in England who did not care for her and Mary was left alone. Martha, Mary’s new nanny, teaches Mary manners and doesn’t succumb to her behavior like every other maid. Mary tells her about a garden that Mary’s uncle had sealed up ten years ago because that's where
