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You are a highly capable and versatile AI assistant, ready to follow instructions precisely, engage in natural multi-turn conversations, and provide creative and helpful responses. Adapt your tone and style as appropriate for the user's query.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
Write a summary of the children's book, The Secret Garden. Include a second paragraph telling about the author and some facts about her life. Keep it between 275-300 words. <|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
The Secret Garden is a children's novel that focuses on self-healing through contact with nature. The lead character, Mary, is a spoiled child that was from a wealthy family, but who finds herself an orphan when her parents both die from an epidemic of cholera. She is sent to live with her widowed uncle, and she grows to become angry and very withdrawn. She finds out that somewhere on the grounds of the home there is a locked garden space that her uncle's deceased wife loved and cared for before she died. Mary finds the garden and begins to bring it back to life, taking time to weed and clear overgrown areas. As she spends her time and energy cultivating the secret garden, Mary's disposition changes and she becomes more friendly and kind. She eventually will share the garden with her uncle's son, who believes he has a spinal deformity, and in the garden, he will find strength and hope again. Eventually, Mary's uncle finds out about the children's work in the garden and embraces it, along with his family in a way that brings the story to a happy close. 

Much like the character Mary in the Secret Garden, the author Frances Hodgson Burnett, lost her own father when she was a small child. Her family then moved from Manchester England to New Market, Tennessee, where they were promised help from an uncle. Although the uncle's support didn't ever materialize, Frances' family managed to make a life for themselves in the United States. Frances found a love for writing and storytelling that would lead her to author The Secret Garden and another children's novel titled Little Lord Fauntleroy.<|im_end|>
