All was so still around us, and our pinnace was so completely hidden with its canopy of verdure, that I could not help regretting that I had not accompanied my sons. It was now too late; but my steps involuntarily turned to the road I had seen them take, Ernest remaining on the rocks in search of natural curiosities; but I was suddenly recalled by a cry from Ernest—
"Father, a canoe! a canoe!" "Alas ! is it not ours ? " I said, rushing to the shore, where, indeed, I saw beyond the reefs a canoe, floating lightly... #story #audiobook AcreSoft Story Classic