The next day Edward and his parents started for home.  He was sorry to leave his cousins, but he began to wish to see his brothers and sisters once more.  It was a pleasant morning, and Mr. Jones decided to take a different route from the one they had traveled before.  Edward was delighted with the fine scenery which this new route opened to his view.  In the afternoon they came to the river side, where there was a ferry.  A large boat was there, for the horses and carriage, and a small one in which Edward and his parents seated themselves and were soon rowed across; The sun had not yet set, but threw a bright yellow light on the water, that made it look like gold.  Edward did not wonder that the geese and ducks were so fond of swimming about on it, and he felt sorry when they reached the opposite shore, and his pleasant sail was over.  Then he and his mother sat down on the green bank to look at the beautiful sight before them, while the horses and carriages were coming across.  There was the river all smooth and shining like gold, and beyond it were the high mountains, looking like purple clouds, and opposite, the sun was setting in all the rich splendor of a summer evening.

Soon the carriage drove up, and they all got in and continued their journey.  Edward saw nothing that pleased him so much as that river, and often wished that he could sail over it again in the little boat.  But soon they drew near home, and then he began to think of the joyful meeting he should have with his brothers and aunt Mary.

The first thing they saw as they came near the house, was Edward’s dog, Romeo, who came running up to the carriage, barking, wagging his tail, and looking as much pleased as Edward was.

I need not tell you how happy the children were, nor what they said the night Edward got home; nor how delighted he was in telling of all the sights he had seen.  But I think he learned enough during this pleasant journey, to make him a somewhat wiser, if not a happier little boy.

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