Was his brother's name Cain?' asked Tom. Hatty pretended not to have heard him. This was particularly irritating to Tom, as it was what he had to suffer from all the other people in the garden. 'Because the story of Cain and Abel is in the Bible, and Cain really killed Abel. I don't believe this Abel who gardens here has anything to do with the Bible Abel-except that he was called after him. I don't believe this Abel ever had a brother who tried to murder him.
( Philippa Pearce )
[ Tom's Midnight Garden ]
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