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robinson crusoe by daniel defoe
chapter one
my first sea journey
before i begin my story
i would like to tell you a little about
myself
i was born in the year 1632
in the city of york in the north of
england
my father was german
but he came to live and work in england
soon after that
he married my mother who was english
her family name was robinson
so when i was born
they called me robinson after her
my father did well in his business
and i went to a good school
he wanted me to get a good job and live
a quiet comfortable life
but i didn’t want that
i wanted adventure and an exciting life
i want to be a sailor
and go to sea
i told my mother and father
they were very unhappy about this
please don’t go
my father said
you won’t be happy you know
sailors have a difficult and dangerous
life
and because i loved him
and he was unhappy
i tried to forget about the sea
but i couldn’t forget
and about a year later
i saw a friend in town
his father had a ship
and my friend said to me
we’re sailing to london tomorrow
why don’t you come with us
and so
on september the 1st
1651
i went to hull
and the next day we sailed for london
but a few days later
there was a strong
the sea was rough and dangerous
and the ship went up and down
up and down
i was very ill
and very afraid
oh
i don’t want to die
i cried
i want to live
if i live
i’ll go home
and never go to sea again
the next day
the wind dropped
and the sea was quiet and beautiful
again
well bob
my friend laughed
how do you feel now
the wind wasn’t too bad
what
i cried
it was a terrible
storm oh
that wasn’t a storm
my friend answered
just a little wind
forget it
come and have a drink
after a few drinks with my friend
i felt better
i forgot about the danger
and decided not to go home
i didn’t want my friends and family to
laugh at me
i stayed in london for some time
but i still wanted to go to sea
so when the captain of a ship asked me
to go with him to guinea in africa i
agreed
and so i went to sea
for the second time
it was a good ship
and everything went well at first
but i was very ill again
then
when we were near the canary islands
a turkish pirate ship came after us
they were famous thieves of the sea at
that time
there was a long hard fight
but when it finished we and the ship
were prisoners
the turkish captain
and his men
took us to sally
in morocco
they wanted to sell us as slaves in the
markets there
but in the end
the turkish captain
decided to keep me for himself
and took me home with him
this
was a sudden and terrible change in my
life
i was now a slave
and this turkish captain was my master
chapter 2
down the coast of africa
for two
long years
i lived the life of a slave
i worked in the house
and the garden
and every day i planned to escape
but it was never possible
i thought about it day and night
my master
liked to go fishing in a little boat
and he always took me with him
a man called murli
and a young boy
also went with us one day my master said
to us
some of my friends
want to go fishing tomorrow
get the boat ready
so
we put a lot of food and drink on the
boat and the next morning we waited for
my master and his friends
but when my master arrived
he was alone
my friends
don’t want to go fishing today
he said to me
but you go with murli and the boy
and catch some fish
for our supper tonight
yes master
i answered quietly
but inside i was excited
perhaps
now
i can escape
i said to myself
my master
went back to his friends
and we took the boat out to sea
for a time
we fished quietly
and then
i moved carefully behind murli
and knocked him into the water
swim
i cried
swim to the shore
my master
liked to shoot seabirds
and so there were guns on the boat
quickly
i took one of these guns
murli
was swimming after the boat
and i shouted to him
go back to the shore
you can swim there
it’s not too far
i won’t hurt you
but if you come near the boat
i’ll shoot you through the head so merly
turned
and swam back to the shore
as quickly as he could
then i said to the boy
jury
if you help me
i’ll be a good friend to you
if you don’t help me
i’ll push you into the sea too
but zuri was happy to help me i’ll go
all over the world with you he cried
i wanted to sail to the canary islands
but i was afraid to go too far from the
shore
it was only a small boat
and so we sailed on south for some days
we had very little water
and it was dangerous country here
with many wild animals
we were afraid but we often had to go on
shore to get more water
once i used a gun to shoot a wild animal
i don’t know what animal it was
but it made a good meal for about 10 or
12 days
we sailed on south
down the coast of africa
then one day
we saw some people on the shore
strange wild people who did not look
friendly
by now
we had very little food
and we really needed help
we were afraid
but we had to go on shore
at first
they were afraid of us too
perhaps
white people never visited this coast
we did not speak their language of
course so we used our hands and faces to
show that we were hungry
they came with food for us
but then they moved away quickly
we carried the food to our boat
and they watched us
i tried to thank them
but i had nothing to give them
just then
two big wild cats
came down to the shore from the
mountains
i think they were leopards
the people were afraid of these wild
cats
and the women cried out
quickly i took a gun
and shot one of the animals
the second wild cat
ran back up into the mountains
guns were new to these african people
and they were afraid of the loud noise
and the smoke
but they were happy about the dead wild
cat
i gave them the meat of the dead animal
and they gave us more food and water
we now had a lot of food and water
and we sailed on
eleven days later
we came near the cape verde islands
we could see them
but we couldn’t get near
because there was no wind
we waited
suddenly
zuri called me
look
a ship
he was right
we called and shouted
and sailed our little boat as fast as we
could
but the ship did not see us
then i remembered the guns which made a
lot of smoke
a few minutes later the ship saw us and
turned
when we were on the ship
the portuguese captain listened to my
story
he was going to brazil and agreed to
help me
but he wanted nothing for his help
no he said when i tried to pay him
perhaps one day
someone will help me when i need it but
he gave me money for my boat
and for zuri too
at first i did not want to sell ziri as
a slave
after all our dangerous adventures
together but zuri was happy to go to the
captain
and the captain was a good man
in ten years time he said
zuri can go
when we arrived in brazil three weeks
later
i said goodbye to the captain
and ziori
left the ship
and went to begin a new life
3
the storm
and the shipwreck
i stayed in brazil
and worked hard for some years
by then i was rich
but also bored
one day
some friends came to me and said
we’re going to africa to do business
why don’t you come with us
we’ll all be rich after this journey
how stupid i was
i had an easy comfortable life in brazil
but of course i agreed
and so
in 1659
i went to see again
at first
all went well
but then there was a terrible storm
for twelve days the wind and the rain
didn’t stop
we lost three men in the sea
and soon the ship had holes in its sides
we are all going to die this time
i said to myself
then one morning
one of the sailors saw
land but the next minute
our ship hit some sand just under the
sea
the ship could not move
and we were really in danger now
the sea was trying to break the ship
into pieces
and we had very little time
quickly we put a boat into the sea
and got off the ship but the sea was
very rough
and our little boat could not live for
long in that wild water
half an hour later
the angry sea turned our boat over
and we were all in the water
i looked round for my friends
but i could see nobody
i was alone
that day i was lucky
and the sea
carried me to the shore
i could not see the land
only mountains of water all around me
then suddenly
i felt the ground under my feet
another mountain of water came
pushed me up the beach
and i fell on the wet sand
at first
i was very thankful to be alive
slowly i got to my feet
and went higher up the shore
from there i looked out to sea
i could see our ship
but it was wrecked
and there was nobody near it
there was nobody in the water
all my friends were dead
i was alive
but in the strange wild country
with no food
no water
and no gun
it was dark now
and i was tired
i was afraid to sleep on the shore
perhaps there were wild animals there
so i went up into a tree
and i stayed there all night
chapter four
a new life on an island
when day came
the sea was quiet again
i looked for our ship
and to my surprise
it was still there
and still in one piece
i think i can swim to it
i said to myself
so i walked down to the sea
and before long
i was at the ship
and was swimming rounded
but how could i get onto it
in the end
i got in through a hole in the side
but it wasn’t easy
there was a lot of water in the ship
but the sand under the sea
was still holding the ship in one place
the back of the ship was high out of the
water
and i was very thankful for this
because all the ship’s food was there
i was very hungry
so i began to eat something at once
then i decided to take some of it back
to the shore with me
but how could i get it there
i looked around the ship
and after a few minutes
i found some long pieces of wood
i tied them together with rope
then i got the things that i wanted from
the ship
there was a big box of food
rice
and salted meat
and hard ships bred
i also took
many strong knives
and other tools
the ship’s sails and ropes
paper
pens
books
and seven guns
now i needed a little sail from the ship
and then i was ready
slowly
and carefully
i went back to the shore
it was difficult to stop my things from
falling into the sea
but in the end
i got everything onto the shore
now i needed somewhere to keep my things
there were some hills around me
so i decided to build myself a little
house on one of them
i walked to the top of the highest hill
and looked down
i was very unhappy
because i saw then that i was on an
island
there were two smaller islands a few
miles away
and after that
only the sea
just the sea
for mile after mile after mile
after a time
i found a little cave in the side of a
hill
in front of it
there was a good place to make a home
so i used the ship’s sails
rope
and pieces of wood
and after a lot of hard work
i had a very fine tent
the cave at the back of my tent
was a good place to keep my food
and so
i called it my kitchen
that night
i went to sleep in my new home
the next day
i thought about the possible dangers on
the island
were there wild animals
and perhaps wild people too on my island
i didn’t know
but i was very afraid
so i decided to build a very strong
fence
i cut down young trees
and put them in the ground
in a half circle around the front of my
tent
i used many of the ship’s ropes too
and in the end my fence was as strong as
a stone wall
nobody could get over it
through it
all round it
making tents
and building fences is hard work
i needed many tools to help me
so i decided
to go back to the ship again
and get some more things
i went back twelve times
but soon after my twelfth visit
there was another terrible storm
the next morning
when i looked out to sea
there was no ship
when i saw that i was very unhappy
why am i alive
and why are all my friends dead
i asked myself
what will happen to me now
alone on this island without friends
how can i ever escape from it
then i told myself
that i was lucky
lucky to be alive lucky to have food and
tools
lucky to be young and strong
but i knew that my island was somewhere
off the coast of south america
ships did not often come down this coast
and i said to myself
i’m going to be on this island for a
long
so
on a long piece of wood
i cut these words
i came here
on the 30th of september
after that
i decided to make a cut for each day
chapter five
learning to live alone
i still needed a lot of things
well i said
i’m going to have to make them
so every day i worked
first of all
i wanted to make my cave bigger
i carried out stone from the cave
and after many days hard work
i had a large cave in the side of the
hill
then i needed a table and a chair
and that was my next job
i had to work on them for a long time
i also wanted to make places to put all
my food
and all my tools and guns
but every time i wanted a piece of wood
i had to cut down a tree
it was long
slow
difficult work
and during the next months
i learned to be very clever with my
tools
there was no hurry
i had all the time in the world
i also went out every day
and i always had my gun with me
sometimes i killed a wild animal
and then i had meat to eat
but when it got dark
i had to go to bed
because i had no light
i couldn’t read or write
because i couldn’t see
for a long time
i didn’t know what to do
but in the end
i learnt how to use the fat of dead
animals to make a light
the weather on my island was usually
very hot
and there were often storms and heavy
rain
the next june it rained all the time
and i couldn’t go out very often
i was also ill for some weeks
but slowly i got better
when i was stronger
i began to go out again
the first time
i killed a wild animal
and the second time
i caught a big turtle
i was on the island for ten months
before i visited other parts of it
during those months
i worked hard on my cave and my house
and my fence
now i was ready to find out more about
the rest of the island
first
i walked along the side of a little
river
there i found open ground without trees
later
i came to more trees with many different
fruits
i decided to take a lot of the fruit
and to put it to dry in the sun for a
time
then i could keep it for many months
that night
i went to sleep in a tree for the second
time
and the next day i went on with my
journey
soon
i came to an opening in the hills
in front of me
everything was green and there were
flowers everywhere
there were also a lot of different birds
and animals
i saw that my house
was on the worst side of the island
but i didn’t want to move from there
it was my home now
i stayed away for three days
and then i came home
but i often went back to the other
greener side of the island
and so my life went on
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every month
i learned to do or to make something new
but i had troubles and accidents too
once there was a terrible storm with
very heavy rain
the roof of my cave fell in and nearly
killed me
i had to build it up again
with many pieces of wood
i had a lot of food now
i cooked it over a fire or dried it in
the sun
so i always had meat during the rainy
months
when i could not go out with a gun
i learned to make pots to keep my food
in
but i wanted very much
to make a harder stronger pot
a pot that would not break in a fire
i tried many times
but i could not do it
then one day i was lucky
i made some new pots and put them in a
very hot fire
they changed color
but did not break
i left them there for many hours
and when they were cold again
i found that they were hard and strong
that night i was very happy
i had hot water for the first time on
the
island by then
i also had my own bread
that was luck too
one day i found a little bag
we used it on the ship to keep the
chicken’s food in
there was still some of the food in the
bag
and i dropped some of it onto the ground
a month later
i saw something bright green there
and after six months
i had a very small field of corn
i was very excited
perhaps now
i could make my own bread
it was easy to say
but not so easy to do
it is a lot of work to make bread from
corn
many people eat bread
but how many people can take corn from a
field
and make bread out of it without help
i had to learn
and to make many new things
and it was a year before i cooked and
ate my first bread
during all this time
i never stopped thinking about escape
when i traveled across to the other side
of the island
i could see the other islands
and i said to
myself perhaps i can get there with a
boat
perhaps
i can get back to england one day
so i decided to make myself a boat
i cut down a big tree
and then began to make a long hole in it
it was hard work
but about six months later
i had a very fine canoe
next
i had to get it down to the sea
how stupid i was
why didn’t i think before i began work
of course
the canoe was too heavy
i couldn’t move it
i pulled and pushed and tried everything
but it didn’t move
i was very unhappy for a long time after
that
that happened
in my fourth year on the island
in my sixth year i did make myself a
smaller canoe
but i did not try to escape in it
the boat was too small for a long
journey
and i did not want to die at sea
the island was my home now
not my prison
and i was just happy to be alive
a year or two later
i made myself a second canoe on the
other side of the island
i also built myself a second house there
and so i had two homes
my life was still busy from morning to
night
there were always things to do or to
make
i learned to make new clothes for myself
from the skins of dead animals
they looked very strange it is true
but they kept me dry in the rain
i kept food and tools at both my houses
and also wild goats
there were many goats on the island
and i made fields with high fences to
keep them in
they learned to take food from me
and soon
i had goats milk to drink every day
i also worked hard in my corn fields
and so
many years went by
chapter six
a footprint
then
one year something strange and terrible
happened
i often walked along the shore
and one day i saw something in the sand
i went over to look at it more carefully
and stopped in sudden surprise
it was a footprint
the footprint of a man
who could this be
afraid
i looked around me
i listened
i waited
nothing
i was more and more afraid
perhaps this man
was one of those wild people
who killed an eight other men
i looked everywhere
but there was nobody
and no other footprint
i turned and hurried home
there’s someone on my island
i said to myself
perhaps he knows about me
perhaps
he’s watching me now
from behind a tree
perhaps
he wants to kill me
that night i couldn’t sleep
the next day
i got all my guns ready
and i put more wood and young trees
around my house
nobody could see me now
but after 15 years alone on the island
i was afraid
and i did not leave my cave for three
days
in the end
i had to go out to milk my goats
but for two years i was afraid
i stayed near my home
and i never used my guns
because i didn’t want to make a noise
i could not forget the footprint
but i saw and heard nothing more
and slowly
i began to feel happier
one day
a year later
i was over on the west side of the
island
from there i could see the other islands
and i could also see a boat
far out to sea
if you have a boat
i thought
it’s easy to sail across to this island
perhaps that explains the footprint
it was a visitor from one of the other
islands
i began to move
more freely around the island again
and built myself a third house
it was a very secret place in a cave
no wild man will ever find that i said
to myself
then one year
something happened
which i can never forget
i was again on the west side of the
island
and was walking along the shore
suddenly
i saw something which made me feel ill
there were heads
arms feet
and other pieces of men’s bodies
everywhere
for a minute i couldn’t think
and then i understood
sometimes there were fights between the
wild men on the other islands
then they came here to my island with
their prisoners to kill them
cook them
and eat them
slowly i went home
but i was very angry
how could men do this
for many months
i watched carefully for the smoke from
fires
but i didn’t see anything
somehow the wild men came and went
and i never saw
them i was angry and afraid
i wanted to shoot them all
but there were many of them
and only one of me
perhaps
i can shoot two or three
i said to myself
but then
they will kill and eat me
then
one morning in my 23rd year on the
island
i was out in my fields
and i saw the smoke from a fire
quickly
i went up the hill to watch
there were nine men around the fire
and they were cooking that terrible food
then these wild men danced around the
fire
singing and shouting
this went on for about two hours
then they got into their boats and
sailed away
i went down to the shore
and saw the blood of the dead men on the
sand
the next time they come
i’m going to kill them
i said angrily
chapter 7
man friday
for two years
i never went anywhere without my gun
i felt lonely and afraid
and had many sleepless nights
one night
there was a very bad storm
and i thought i heard the sound of guns
out at sea
the next morning i looked out
and saw a ship
it was lying on its side not far from
the shore
quickly
i put my little boat in the water
and sailed out to it
there were two dead men on the ship
but no one alive
the bodies of the other sailors were
lost in the sea
i took some clothes and tools
and also a box of spanish gold and
silver money
i was a rich man now
but what use was money to me
i could not buy anything with it
i wanted people
a friend
somebody to talk to
somebody who could help me escape from
my island
one morning
i woke up and made a plan
i’ll try to catch
one of the prisoners of the wild men i
said to myself
he’ll be happy to be alive
and perhaps he’ll help me to escape
i watched day and night
but for a year and a half there were no
boats
then one day
five boats came
there were about thirty men
and they had two prisoners
they made their fire on the sand
and danced around it
then they killed one of the prisoners
and began to cook that terrible meal
the second prisoner waited under the
trees
with two men to watch him
suddenly
the prisoner turned and ran
the two men ran after him
but the other wild men were busy round
the fire
and did not see what was happening
the prisoner ran like a wild goat
and soon i saw that he was coming near
the bottom of my hill
as fast as i could
i ran down the hill
and jumped out of the trees between the
prisoner
and the two wild men
i hit the first man
with the wooden end of my gun
and he fell down
but i had to shoot the second man
the poor prisoner did not move
he was afraid of the noise of my gun
i called to him
and tried to show him that i was
friendly
slowly
he moved nearer to me
but just then
the first wild man began to get up from
the
ground then the prisoner spoke
and i understood that he wanted my sword
how happy i was to hear words again
i gave him my sword and at once he cut
off the head of his enemy
hurriedly
we hid the dead bodies under some leaves
and then left quickly
i took my prisoner to my secret cave on
the other side of the island
and gave him food and drink
after that
he went to sleep
he was a fine young man
about 25 years old
tall and well built
with a kind face and a nice smile
he had a brown skin
black hair
bright eyes
and strong white teeth
i decided to give him the name of man
friday
because i first saw him on a friday
when he woke up in the morning
he ran out to me
i was milking my goats in the field
and he got down on the ground
and put his head near my foot
i understood that he was thanking me
and i tried to show him that i was his
friend
i began to teach him to speak english
and soon he could say his name
master
and yes and no
how good it was to hear a man’s voice
again
later that day we went back to my first
house
we went carefully along the beach
but there were no boats and no wild men
just blood
and bones all over the sand
i felt ill
but friday wanted to eat the pieces of
men’s bodies which was still on the
ground
i showed him that this was terrible for
me
and he understood
when we got to my house
i gave man friday some trousers
and i made him a coat and a hat
he liked his new clothes very much
then i made him a little tent to sleep
in
but for a few weeks
i always took my gun to bed with me
perhaps friday was still a wild man
and would try to kill me in the night
at first
friday was very afraid of my gun
sometimes he talked to it and asked it
not to kill him
friday was a quick learner
and his english got better day by day
he helped me with the goats and with the
work in the cornfields
and soon we were good friends
i enjoyed teaching him
and most of all having a friend to talk
to
this was the happiest of all my years on
the island
friday and i lived together happily for
three years
i told him the story of my adventures
and about life in england
and he told me about his country and his
people
one day we were at the top of the
highest hill on the island
and we were looking out to sea
it was a very clear day
and we could see a long way
suddenly
friday began to jump up and down very
excited
what’s the matter
i said
look master look
friday cried
i can see my country
look over there
i looked
and there to the northwest
between the sea and the sky
was a long thin piece of land
i learned later
that it was the island of trinidad
and that my island
was in the mouth of the river orinoco
on the north coast of south america
i began to think again about escape
perhaps friday wanted to go home too
perhaps together we could get to his
country
but what then
would friday still be my friend
or would his people kill me and eat me
i took friday to the other side of the
island
and showed him my big canoe
it still lay under the trees
it was very old now
and there were holes in the wood
could a boat like this sail to your
country friday
i asked him
oh yes he answered
a boat like this
can carry a lot of food and drink
then
we’ll make another canoe like it
and you can go home in it i said
but friday looked very unhappy
why are you angry with me
he asked
what have i done
why do you want to send me home
but i thought you wanted to go home i
said
yes
but you must come with me
kill me if you want
but don’t send me away from you
then i saw
that friday was a true friend
and so i agreed to go with him
we began work on the canoe at once
friday chose the tree himself
he understood wood better than i did
and we cut it down
we worked hard
and in a month the boat was finished
two weeks later it was in the sea
and we began to get ready
for our long journey
chapter 8
escape from the island
i was now in my 27th year on the island
and i did not want to be there for
another year
we worked hard to get the corn in
and to make a lot of bread
we had dried fruit and salted meat
and big pots to keep water in
one evening
friday went out to look for a turtle for
meat and eggs
but in less than an hour he was back
and he looked very afraid
master
master he cried
there’s a great ship near the island
and men are coming to the shore in a
boat
i jumped up
and ran with him down to the shore
to my great surprise
i saw that it was an english ship
but why was it here
english ships never came this way
perhaps they were pirates
don’t let them see you friday i called
we’ll hide in the trees and watch
there were 11 men in the boat
but three of them were prisoners
their arms were tied with rope
but their legs were free and they could
walk
the other sailors
pushed the three prisoners up the beach
laughing and shouting and hitting them
then
some of them sat down on the sand
and began to drink
others walked away to look at the island
and two men stayed to watch the boat
three prisoners
walked slowly along the beach
and sat down under a tree
not far from us
they looked very unhappy
very quietly
i came up behind them through the trees
and called out to them in english
don’t be afraid i said
i’m an englishman
perhaps i can help you
the three men turned and looked at me
they did not answer at once
they were too surprised
perhaps they thought i was a wild man
myself
in my strange homemade clothes of animal
skins
and with my long hair and beard
then the oldest man spoke
i am the captain of that ship he said
and these two men are my first and
second officers
last night there was a mutiny
and the seamen took the ship from me
now they’re going to leave the three of
us here to die on this island
do these mutineers have guns
only two he answered
and they’ve left those on the boat
all right i said
we’ll fight them
but if we get your ship back for you
you must take me back to england
the captain agreed immediately
and thanked me very warmly for my help
friday ran back to my house to get all
the guns
and the captain and i made a plan
the first part was easy
because the seamen were not ready for a
fight
we shot the two men at the boat
and the captain shot another man
this man tom smith was the worst of them
all
and he began the mutiny on the ship
then the captain talked to the other
five men
and they agreed to help him
they did not really want to be mutineers
but they were afraid of tom smith
now i said to the captain
we must get back your ship
how many men are on it
26 the captain replied
and they will fight hard because they
won’t want to go home
it is death for all mutineers in england
but not all the men are bad
i’m sure that some of them will help me
just then we saw another boat which was
coming from the ship to the shore
there were ten men in it and they all
had guns
we ran into the trees and waited
it was a long hard fight
but by now it was dark
and this helped us very much
we ran here and there in the trees
calling and shouting
the seamen could not see us
and did not know how many men they were
fighting
in the end
the first officer shouted to them
put down your guns and stop fighting
the captain
has 50 island people to help him
we can kill you all
so the seamen stopped fighting
and we took their guns
three of the men agreed to come back to
the captain
and we put the others in my cave
friday and i stayed to watch the
prisoners
while the captain and his men
went back to fight for the ship
all night we listened to the sound of
guns and shouting
but in the morning when the sun came up
the captain was master of his ship again
i went down to the shore to meet him
my dear friend he cried
there’s your ship
i’ll take you to the ends of the world
in it
i put my arms around him
and we laughed and cried together
how happy i was to leave the island
my good friend friday came with me of
course
but we left the mutineers on the island
we decided not to kill them
they could begin a new life on the
island
i showed them my three houses
my cornfields and my goats and all my
tools
their life would be easy because of all
my hard work for so many years
and so
on the 19th of december 1686
after 27 years 2 months and 19 days
i said goodbye to my island
and sailed home to england
chapter 9
home in england
when i came back to england
i felt like a stranger in the country
many things were different and not many
people remembered me
i went home to york
but my father and mother were dead
and also my two brothers
i did find the two sons of one of my
brothers
they were happy to learn that i was
alive
and i was pleased to find some family
after some months
i decided to go down to lisbon in
portugal
i had friends there who could help me to
sell my land in brazil
and i needed the money
friday came with me
he was always a good and true friend to
me
in lisbon
i found the portuguese captain
who took me and his ship to brazil all
those years ago
it was good to see him again
and he helped me with my business
soon
i was ready to go home again
by land
no more adventures and dangers by sea
for me
it was a long hard journey
we had to cross the mountains between
spain and france in winter
and the snow was deep
poor friday was very afraid of the snow
in his country it was always hot
and he did not like cold weather
back in england
i found a house
and began to live a quiet life
my two nephews came to live with me
the younger one wanted to be a sailor
and so i found him a place on a ship
after a while i married
and had three children
two sons
and a daughter
then my wife died
and my nephew
who was now the captain of a ship
came home to see me
he knew that i did not really like a
quiet life
i have a fine ship uncle he said
i’m going out to the east indies
india malaya the philippines
why don’t you come with me
and so
in 1694
i went to sea again
and had many more adventures
perhaps
one day
i’ll write another book about them
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