when we stepped into the secret garden we heard a voice. lily was sitting on a platform in the playground looking at a bird feeder she filled with seeds, probably for the first time since the school closed years ago. i showed lily the a frame bird houses hidden between the shed and the barn. we speculated about the concrete girl. lily showed magic the merry-go-round, and two bird cages from the shed. lily said she and her sister made a world in the garden where lily was queen of the evil fairy realm playground and her sister was the queen of the swamp over by the ball and burlap forest. it's a magical secret place that allows for overlapping umwelts. we agreed to meet again at an unspecified hour.