Mary was a girl with intelligence,spirit.She was the second of six children. Her father was died when her mother was giving to their 6th child. Her mother had her hands full just running the farm. Her family was trouble with finance. So her mother sent her to Miranda. She was her aunt, lived in a brick house in Riverboco.
Mary did not want to leave home, she was anxious.
When she lived with her aunt, everything was right except Miranda was always strict with her. But she tried her best to study at school, made poems.. She was always the leader of her class.
One time, Miranda shouted her, she thought she had done everything but Miranda was not glad.She was very bored and sad. She intended to run away. But Mr Cobb, a friend of her, advised her to think again. Because she had a good school, a great teacher, many friends, Jane aunt who loved her so much. She got new clothes, room and board. Maybe she should have worked hard a little harder to get along with her. After listening Mr Cobb, she decided to return the brick house. The dark passed.Mr Cobb helped her to go home. She grew up with her love aunt and became a useful person.The sun was finally setting across the horizon.