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    y Suge? OG Have youl ben stone fora tong tine? Co livealone an slndfermauy yeas? Cold you youself a hous, eam to grow com sd make bread, lear to make your own lates earn ania kin? Rotinson Cuseisboced wits quiet ifeathorein England. He decides tote aslo, and travel the seah ofthe weld, He hr many ening adventures ‘ndin. 1659 eisina hipsang fem Broieo Aten ‘One day theres teil oc The ship hein {resi up, and soon Croce and his ends ate fighting for thee ives in an angry se, Al hs ends bor Grosoe lives and reaches land. He fy himself in ‘tang, wild country ~ alive, bt alone on 8 small ‘sland, with no food, bat, io way fescue He willbe therefor the net wey seven years ane Defoe was hom in 1660 andi in 1731. He had ax exiing life, + jourzline aad apy, and was Serer tines in prion becnase of isp writs “He wrote many boks dain his ie, ba Rota Cruces his mest famous story ppouna soomue oe Pa ‘OXFORD BOOKWORMS: pies rosa fg can sche The Life and ~ Geen Seis ~ Stange Surprising Adventures of ree iets end na Tages Ree en ae Robinson Crusoe ‘sateen at an pepe Daniel Defoe retold by Diane Mowat seated by Josaton Heap ~ Black Seren Sacer ef en lr emit ~ a Fe egy ‘OXFORD UNIVERSITY Pass cit ieee Gro wats Dob Sere epg te Set eae pte Tome cr ‘hispid le © el nr Nine srebeeksocins sul eed "Sen yay oc ce cn Sante Oxtcisicny ee (in ince ee rc, "Si Sango uta ui Mai Mant ay Ca 1 Myf umey Bee i yl woul eo yous about myself. ® Tw inh yea, of York inte sora ag yates Goan hee ‘vend wekinbngland Sooner dan ered sy te ho wa sh He fm ne ee Tokison sowhelwestondeyeanetekins stare vlan bane vent apd incl Hevincimeiogeagoupbsndiese, onfoate eer Side at hae wet read mca wanted aden ond an exiting ie 1 Robinson Crusoe ‘watt sir and go ose id my mote andi The weve very wap abut thi ‘yn don gy fer sa You woot Be naposkao Sees es iianddangeoss Maer Rartecnn ved hn and bees wary, theo eprabo tes ot el forgo abot orate aw toeatnnown Hints despa ends tee Gre slg London ow. Why dot ome wha" are ‘$0, on September Ist, 1651, T went to Hull, and shen yet fir Lodo ‘eter dala ogi These wath td dango and he tip et oy apa dow taney ane tid “The seaasrowgh and dongetons. 2 a [My frst ea journey “Ob, Idon'e want to die” vied. ‘Lan to live, Pl gohome and never go to sea again!” ‘Thenext day the wind dropped, and he sea wasquiet and beautifl again. “Well, Bob’ my friend laughed. “How do you feet ‘now? The wind wasn’ttoo bad." "What!" ered. “twas tertble soem, “Ob, that was'ea storm, my friend answered. Justa litle wind. Forget it, Come and have a drink,” Afvera few drinks with ny fiend ele better. forgot about the danger and decided not to go home. I dda’ want my friends and family to laugh at me! I stayed in London for some time, bot still wanted to ‘goto sea, So, when the captain ofa ship asked me to g0 ‘with him to Goinea in Africa, agreed. And so went 10 sea forthe second time, le was a good ship and everything went wel t frst, ‘but Iwas very ill again. Then, when we were near the Canary Islands, a Turkish pirate ship came after ws. “They were famous thieves ofthe ses a that time, These was along, bac fight, bt when ie finshed, we and the ship were prisoners ‘The Turkish captain and his mes cook us 0 Salle in Morocco. They wanted sells as slavesinche markeis there. Batintheend the Turkish captain decided ro keep ‘me for himself and took me home with him. This was a 3 1 Robingon Crusoe sudden and terrible change in any fife. Lwas now a slave and this Turkish captain was my master, 2 Down the coast of Aica Tor two long yeas lived the life ofa slave. worked in the house and the garden, and every day I planned co ‘escape, burit was never possible. chowght about it day and night. My master liked 0 go fishing ina ltle boat, and he always took me with him. A man called Moely, and a young boy also went with as One day my master said to ws, Some of my friends ‘want to go ishing tomorrow. Get the Boat ready.” Soweputa lorof food and drink onthe host, and the next morning, we waited for my master and his feiends, But when my master arived, he was alone, "My friends don't want to go fishing today he sid to ‘ne. “Butyou go with Moely and the boy, andcarch some fish for our supper tonight?” "Yes, master, I answered quietly, but inside T was excited. Perhaps now Lean escape; Tsai to myselt ‘My master wene back co his friends and we took the bout out to sea, Fora time we fied quietly, and then T ‘moved carefully behind Moly andknocledhimintothe water. ‘Swim! Leted. “Swim to che aotel” ‘My master liked to shooe seabirds and so theve were ‘Buns. onthe boat. Quicly, Troe one ofthese gun, Moly was svimming fer the boot acho hi 5 Robinson Crue “Go back tothe shore! You can swim chere~it's not too far. won'thurt you, but you come near the boat, * Pilshoot you theough the head So Moely turned, end swam back tothe shore as quickly ashe could Swim Bac athe hors Footed Down thecoastof Afi ‘Then I said tothe boy, ‘ury, fyou help me, Pl be ‘good friend to you. Ifyou don’ help me, push you into the sea too." But Xury was happy t help me, ‘I'l go all over the world with you, he ried I wantedto sail roche Canary Islands, but was afraid +0 g0 too fa fom the shore. Ie was only a smal boat. ‘And so we sailed on south for some days. We had very litle water, and ie was dangerous country here, with ‘many wild animals. We were afraid, but we often had to oonshoreroget morewater. Once Tused a gutta shoot wild animal. I don't know what animal it was, bu ie rmadea good meal, Foraboutten orrwelvedays we sued on south, down ‘thecoas of Africa. Then one day we awsome people on the shore ~ strange, wild people, who dié not look {riendly. By now we had very tle food, and we really needed help. We were afraid, but we had to goon shor. Ac first they were afraid of ws, too. Peshaps white eople never visited ths coast. We i not speak their language, of course, s0 we used our hands and faces co shovr that we were hungey. They came with food for us, but then they moved away quickly. We carted the food ‘to.our boat, and they watched us. tied to thank chem, Dut had nothing co give them, Just then two big wild cats came down tothe shore 7 abn they er leopard from the mountains. I think they were leopards. The people were afraid of these wild eas, and the women tied out, Quickly, I took a gun, and shot one ofthe animals, The second wild cat can back up into the Gunswere new tothese African peopled they were afraid ofthe loud noise and the smoke, Bur they were happy about the dead wildcat. gave them the meat of ‘thedead animal, and they gave us more food and water ‘Wenowhads lot offoorl and water, and we sailed an leven days later we cate neac the Cape Verde tind ‘We could see them, bur we coule’t get nest becouse there was a wind, We waited, ‘Suddenly Xury called ome, ‘Lao, 2 ahip! He was cight! We called and shaved aad sailed our litle boat as fast s we eld. Bue the ship did no sees 8 ‘Then remembered ih une which mee locef ote. ‘Then remembered he guns which ined lev ofamcke A few minutes later the hip save ur and cut ‘When we wore ox the ship, the Portuguese capeaia listened to my story. He wae going to Bail and agreed "help me, bute wan noth To, he 9 en a Robinson Crusoe said, when Iced pay im. “Perhaps, oneday, someone will help me when Tneed it?” ‘Bathe gave memoney for my boat and for Xury too. Atfirs didnot want to soll Xury asaslve, afer allour dangerous adventures together. But Xury was hapeyto ‘g0 tothe captain, and the captain was a good man. In ‘ten years sme, he said ‘Nury can go fre.” ‘When we atrved in Brazil thrce weeks later, I said ‘goodbye tothe captain and Xury, let the ship, and went tobegin a new life 3 “Thestorm and the shipwreck 1 stayed in Brazil and worked haed for some year. By then wasrich but also bored. One day some fiends came to me and said, We're going t0 Arica to do ‘business. Why don’t you come with us? We'll berich aferthis journey!” ‘How stupid I west Thad an easy, comfortable life in sal butyof couts,Lagreed. Ans, in 1659, wentco sea agai [Ac Gist, all went well bur then there was a cersible storm, For welvedaysthe wind and the ain didn't stop. ‘Welosttheee meninthe sea, and soon theship had oes in ite sdes, “Were all going to die this time,’ I ssid t0 10 “The store andthe shipwreck myself Then one morning one of the sailors saw and, butthenext inate our ship hitsomesandjustunder the sea. The ship could not move and we were really in danger now. The sea was tying to break he ship into pieces, and we had very litle ime. Quickly, we put a boat intotheseaandgotoffthe ship. Butthesea was very nea he oe sae lad ough and our lise boat could net lve fo Lang in that wild acer Halfan hous lit he exgry cea med our bast ove and we were «ll Hooked round foe my friends, bat lcould ody. La alone, elon he wet send. ‘That day I was lucky, and the sea carried me coche shore. Ieould not se the land, only mouncains of water all around me. Then, suddenly, I fel the ground under ‘my feet. Another mountain of watercare, pushed me up the beach, and [fll on the wer sand. A frst was very thankful wo bealive, Slowly, Igoe 0 sn feet and went higher up the shore. From these, 1 looked outtosea could see our ship, boeit was wrecked and there was nobody near it. There ws nobody in the ‘water. All my friends were dead. | was alive but in ¢ strange wild country, with no food, no water, and na gun, Tewas dark now and Iwas tired. L wasalaid 0 sleep ‘onthe shore Pehaps there were wild anicnalschete So ‘went up into a tre and stayed cher ll night. 4 Anew lfeon an island ‘When day came the sea was quiet again. Hooked for our shipand, tomy surprise, it was stil here and stil in one Piece. ‘I think I can swim toi I said to myself. Sof walked down tothe ea and before long, Iwas atthe ship and wasswimming roundit. Bthow could getontoit? Intheend, Igotin through holeinthe side, bucitwase’t cay. ‘Therewasa lotofwaterinthe ship, butthesand under ‘hesea wasaillholdingtheshipinoneplace. Thebackof the ship was high out of the water, and I was very ‘thankful fo this because all che ship's food was there. was very hungey so I began to eat something at once ‘Then I decided to take some of it back tothe shorewithime,Buchows ‘could gee ithe? Looked around the ship, and after a few minutes, found some log pieces of wood. tied chemcogecher with rope. Then I g0t the jf he paces of wood things that 1 wanted tonebar sb rope 3 from the ship. There wasabighox offood = rice, and salted meat,andhardship’s bread. T also cook many strong. ksives and other tools, the ship's sails and ropes, paper, pens, books, and seven ‘guns, Now Ineededa lee sil rom the ship, and then T ‘was ready. Slowly and carefully, I went back to the shore. Ie was difficult to stop my thins from falling into the sea, but inthe end Igo everything onto the shore. [Now Ineeded somewhere ro keep my things ‘There weresomehillsaround me, sol decided to build yselfa lee house on one of them. waked t the top ‘ofthe higheshilland looked down. Iwas very unhappy, because I saw then that Iwas on an island, There were twosamallerislandsa few milesaway, andaftertha,only ‘the sea, Just the sea, for mile after mile after mile. ‘After time, ounda litlecave intheside ofa billIn front ofit, there wasa good place to make a homeo, used the ship's sails rope, and pices of wood, and ater ‘lor ofhard work I had avery fine tent. The cave atthe backofmysent vasa good place tokeep my food, dso Tealed ey kitchen’ ‘That night, went to sleepin my new home, rook mony tool “4 Ae lifeon a ielond ‘Thenext day lthought about the possible dangers on the island. Were there wild animals, and pechaps wild people tooo my island? I did’ rons, but Las very afraid. So I decided to build 2 very stong fence. I cut down young tres and put them inthe ground, ina hal circle around the front of my tnt. I used many of the ship’sropestoo,andin cheend my fencewasasstrong as a stone wall. Nobody could get over it, chrough it, ar roundit, Making tenes and building fences is hard work. 1 needed many tools to help me. So decided a goacko the ship again, and get some more things. Twent back ewelve times, bu sa0n after my ewelth Robinson Crusoe visithere wasanother teriblestorm. Thenextmorning, ‘when Hooked outro sea, thece was no ship, ‘When [saw that, Iwas very unhappy. ‘Why amlalve, and why areal my fiends dead? Lake myself. What will happen to me now, alone on this island without fiends? How can Lever escape feom it” ‘Then told myself that was lucky -lucky ¢o be live, lucky to have food and cools, lucky to be young and strong. But knew that myisland wassomewhere offthe ‘coast of South Amica. Ships didnot often come down this coast, and I said to myself, 'm going o be on this island fora long time.’ So, on along piece of woods leut these words {1CAME HERE ON SYTH SEPTEMBER 1659 After tha, [decided to make a cut foreach day. s Learning tolive lone {stl needed a fot of things. Well I said, "Pm going co hhave co make them.’ So, every day, I worked Firstofall, wanted to makemy cave higger.Leartied ‘outstone from the cave, and after many days hard work Thad a large cave in the side of ee hill. Then needed a table and a chai, and that was my next job. I had to ‘work on them for along time, 1 also wanted to make 6 pine Learning to live alone places to putall my food, and all my tool: and guns. But everytime I wanted s piece of Wood, Lhas to cis dowaa twee, Ie was long, slow, diffcul work, and during she next months I learat to be very clever with my tacks ‘There was no hurry. Ihadall the time in the worl 1 also went out every day, and Lalways hod my gun with me. Somerimes killed a wild animal,sndchen Thad But when itgoe dar, tha to.go ro bed because had no light. I coulda’ ead or weite because I couldn't se, Foralongtime,Ididn’tknow what toda. Butintheend, earnc how to use the fat of dead animals ro make a light. “The weather on my island was wsually very hot, and there were often stormsand heavy rai, The next June,it ‘aie all he time, and i Teoulda’t go out very often. was also ill for some weeks, but slowly, I got better When Twas stronger, began to go out again, ‘The irs cime killed» wild animal, and the second time J caught » big cul carb bie iii Robinson Crusoe Twas on the island for ten months before I visited other parts fit. During those months lworked hard on rmycaveand my house and my fence, Now I wasreadyt0 find owt more about the rest ofthe island, Fins, I walked along the side ofa lice river. Thee, 1 found open ground without trees. Later, leameto more ‘wees with many different fruits. decided 10 take lot of the fruit, and to put iecodryin the sun fora time. Then ] could keep i for many months. ‘That night! went to sleepin tre forthe second time, and the next day went on with my journey. Soon Teame toan opening inthe ills, In font of me, everything was ‘green, and there were flowers everywhere, There were also alot of diferent birds and animals. I saw that my house was on the worst side ofthe island. But I didn’t ‘want co move from thre. Ir as my home now. Istayed away for three days, and then came home. But often ‘went back othe other, preener side ofthe island. And so my life went on. Every moath learnt to door tomake something new. ButThad roubles and accidents 00. Once there was a terrible scorm with very heavy rain, The roof of my cave fell in, and acsly killed met had to build ic up agin with many geoss of wood Ilhad alot of food now. lcooked itavers fire or dried iv in the sun, $o I always had mest during the rainy months when Icould not go out with a gun. Tears co 8 Learning to lve alone make pots to keep my food in ‘Burl wanted verymuchomake a harder, stronger pot ~a pot that would notbreak ina fre. tried many times, bur I could not do it. Then one day I was lucky. I made some new pots and put them ina very ht fe. ‘They changed colour, but did ‘ot break. I ef them therefor many hours, and when they were cold again, I found chat they were hard and ‘strong. That night was very happy. Thad hot water foe ‘heist time on the iland. By then also had my own bread. That was luck, 00. litle bag. We used i onthe ship, t0 keepthechickens' odin. There 1wasstil some ofthe food inthe bag, and I dropped some of it onto the ground, A month later #1 saw something bright green Cj there, and ater siemonthsthad Def very small eld ofeor. Iwas Wii very excited, Pethaps now 1 conld make my own bread! Twas easy to say, but not so easy todo tis lot of worketo 8 My frst pot Robineon Crusoe make bread fom coe, Many people eat bread, but how ‘many peoplecan take corm froma field and make bread ucofit without help? Thad to learn and co make many new things, andit wasa year hefore caked and ate my fire bread, During al this time {never stopped thinking about scape. When I travelled across co the other side of che island, [could see the other islands, ane Isaidro myself, ‘Perhaps Ian get there with 2 boa. Perhaps Ian get bback to England one day.” 01 decided to make myself a boat. leur dowa abig, trce,and then began tomakea longhole init. washard work, buraboutsixmonchslace,Ihada very finecanoe, Leamnine to live alone 20 gee it down co thesea, How stapid I was! eel think before [began work? Ofcourse, the canoe was 100 hesvy, Hcouldn’t move i pulled and pushed and tried everything, but it did't very unhappy for a longtime after thet That happenedin my fourth year onthe island, amy sixth yes I didmake myself smaller car ty to escape init. The boat was t00 small for a long journey, and Idd not want to die at ses. The island was ry home now, not my prison, and was just happy tobe alive. A year ot 1wo liter, made myselfa second canoe “onthe othersie ofthe sland, Ialsobuilemyselfasseond Ihowse there, and so Thad two homes, cow. Las utldid not -My life was sill busy from maraing 0 aight. Thee were always things to do or to make. I esent to make new clothes for myself from the skins of dead animals. "They looked very strange itistrue btthey kept me dry inthe si, ‘ep food and tools atboth my houses, aid also wild There were many goats cn te island, and I made with high fences to keep them in. They learnt t0 take food from me, and soon Thad goat's milk o drink everyday. [also worked hard in my’ cornfields. And so ‘many years went by. & A footprint ‘Then, one year, something trangeandterriblehappened. T often walked along the shore, and one day I saw something in the sand. I went aver to look at it more careflly,andstoppedin sudden surprise, Iwasa foorprint-the footprint of aman! Who could this be? Airaid, Hooked around me.I listened. T ited Nothing. Iwas more and more afraid, Pechaps his man was one of those wild people who killed and ate ‘other men! Tlooked everywhere, but there was nobody, and no other foorpeint. I tured and hurried home, “There'ssomeoneon my sland, Tse tomyselE."Pethape he knows about me... Perhaps he's watching me now from beh atree.. Perhaps he wants to ill me.” ‘That nigh coulda’ slep. The next day Igo ll my suns ready andI put more wood and young es around my house. Nobody could see me nw. Bu, afer Risen years aloneon theisland, lwasafeaid, andl did notleave rmry cave for thre days a Robinson Crusoe In the end, Hhad 0 g0 00s t0 mill my goats. But for ‘wo years wasafrad stayed nearmy homeandtnever sed my guns because I ida’ waat to make a noite. 1 ‘could not forget the footprin, but { saw and head nothing more, and slowly beeen to fel happier. ‘Oneday, ayearlaer,Iwasoreronshe westsieofthe island. From there I could see the othe islands, and | could also sea boat far out se. IFyou have a boat, Thought, easy os across o this slnd,Pecaps that explains the foorprin~it was visitor fromone of the other islands” Tegan to move more freely around the island agai, anu uilemyselfa tied house. te was avery sere place Jn aeave. No wild man wll ever find that Tsai 0 ysl ‘Then one yeasomething happened which Ican never forge. twas again onthe westside ofthe sland and was walking along the shore. Suddenly, 1 saw something which mademefelill There were heads ars ft and ‘other paces of men’s bodies everywhere. Fora minate,]

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