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mamma go on shore, they both of them shed
a few tears. Their uncle kindly consoled
them, and told some funny stories to make
them laugh; and in a quarter of an hour
they were running beside him as he walked
up and down the deck, and told him the
names of the different sorts of vessels which
they passed on the river. Fanny, indeed,
was not quite so happy as Arthur, for she
could not forget what her mamma had been
saying. She felt that it was all true; and,
more than all, it made her unhappy to think
that her kind, sweet mamma, could not trust
or believe her, and was sorrowful on that
account. So, after a little time, she went
and sat on a bench, and looked over the side
of the vessel into the bright river that
glittered in the sun. She did not notice
that it looked beautiful, because she felt
very miserable.

Presently she felt something beside her ;
and, turning round, she saw a little dog who
had jumped on the seat, and was poking his
head under her bonnet and wagging his tail

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