1 It was such a real voice and it seemed so natural that he should hear it.
2 He understood by a sort of instinct so natural that he did not know it was understanding.
3 Having made this discovery she naturally thought it of enough interest to communicate to Colin.
4 Aye," said Dickon, as if it was the most natural thing in the world, "he's callin some one he's friends with.
5 Robins are not like human beings; their muscles are always exercised from the first and so they develop themselves in a natural manner.
6 Dickon and Mary were sitting on the grass, the tea-basket was repacked ready to be taken back to the house, and Colin was lying against his cushions with his heavy locks pushed back from his forehead and his face looking quite a natural color.
7 He could only say that he was sure that the Eggs would never flap about in such a manner; but as the boy who could speak robin so fluently was doing the thing with them, birds could be quite sure that the actions were not of a dangerous nature.
8 But he had said the queer thing as if it were the simplest and most natural thing in the world, and she felt it must be quite easy to him, and indeed she watched him for a few minutes carefully, wondering if it was possible for him to quietly turn green and put out branches and leaves.
9 And she was so un-hysterical and natural and childish that she brought him to his senses and he began to laugh at himself and a few minutes afterward she was sitting on her stool again telling him not what she imagined the secret garden to be like but what it really was, and Colin's aches and tiredness were forgotten and he was listening enraptured.