[00:02.030]5 Learning to live alone
[00:07.680]I still needed a lot of things.
[00:14.370]'Well，'I said，'I'm going to have to make them.
[00:20.650]'So，every day，I worked.
[00:24.430]First of all，I wanted to make my cave bigger.
[00:30.300]I carried out stone from the cave，and after many days'hard work
[00:39.170]I had a large cave in the side of the hill.
[00:44.130]Then I needed a table and a chair，and that was my next job.
[00:51.700]I had to work on them for a long time.
[00:57.310]I also wanted to make places to put all my food，and all my tools and guns.
[01:06.970]But every time I wanted a piece of wood，I had to cut down a tree.
[01:15.120]It was long，slow，difficult work，
[01:21.390]And during the next months I learnt to be very clever with my tools.
[01:27.540]There was no hurry.I had all the time in the world.
[01:33.920]I also went out every day，and I always had my gun with me.
[01:41.540]Sometimes I killed a wild animal，and then I had meat to eat.
[01:48.950]But when it got dark，I had to go to bed because I had no light.
[01:57.710]I couldn't read or write because I couldn't see.
[02:03.670]For a long time，I didn't know what to do.
[02:10.860]But in the end，I learnt how to use the fat of dead animals to make a light.
[02:18.780]The weather on my island was usually very hot，
[02:25.170]And there were often storms and heavy rain.
[02:29.840]The next June，it rained all the time，and I couldn't go out very often.
[02:40.260]I was also ill for some weeks，but slowly，I got better.
[02:48.320]When I was stronger，I began to go out again.
[02:54.800]The first time I killed a wild animal，and the second time I caught a big turtle.
[03:06.320]I was on the island for ten months before I visited other parts of it.
[03:15.210]During those months I worked hard on my cave and my house and my fence.
[03:23.740]Now I was ready to find out more about the rest of the island.
[03:31.070]First，I walked along the side of a little river.
[03:35.980]There，I found open ground without trees.
[03:41.590]Later，I came to more trees with many different fruits.
[03:48.470]I decided to take a lot of the fruit，and to put it to dry in the sun for a time.
[03:56.690]Then I could keep it for many months.
[04:01.870]That night I went to sleep in a tree for the second time，
[04:08.750]And the next day I went on with my journey.
[04:13.640]Soon I came to an opening in the hills.
[04:20.380]In front of me，everything was green，and there were flowers everywhere.
[04:27.920]There were also a lot of different birds and animals.
[04:34.880]I saw that my house was on the worst side of the island.
[04:40.010]But I didn't want to move from there.It was my home now.
[04:45.930]I stayed away for three days，and then I came home.
[04:52.130]But I often went back to the other，greener side of the island.
[04:58.180]And so my life went on.Every month I learnt to do or to make something new.
[05:09.610]But I had troubles and accidents too.
[05:14.770]Once there was a terrible storm with very heavy rain.
[05:19.800]The roof of my cave fell in，and nearly killed me！
[05:25.360]I had to build it up again with many pieces of wood.
[05:31.000]I had a lot of food now.I cooked it over a fire or dried it in the sun.
[05:40.750]So I always had meat during the rainy months when I could not go out with a gun.
[05:49.070]I learnt to make pots to keep my food in.
[05:54.600]But I wanted very much to make a harder，stronger pot—
[06:01.690]A pot that would not break in a fire.I tried many times，but I could not do it.
[06:10.140]Then one day I was lucky.I made some new pots and put them in a very hot fire.
[06:19.860]They changed colour，but did not break.
[06:23.790]I left them there for many hours，and when they were cold again，
[06:31.460]I found that they were hard and strong.That night I was very happy.
[06:38.900]I had hot water for the first time on the island.
[06:43.940]By then，I also had my own bread.That was luck，too.
[06:52.130]One day I found a little bag.We used it on the ship，to keep the chickens'food in.
[07:01.080]There was still some of the food in the bag，
[07:05.380]And I dropped some of it onto the ground.
[07:08.410]A month later I saw something bright green there，
[07:14.710]And after six months I had a very small field of corn.
[07:20.970]I was very excited.Perhaps now I could make my own bread！
[07:29.500]It was easy to say，but not so easy to do.
[07:35.540]It is a lot of work to make bread from corn.
[07:40.390]Many people eat bread，but how many people can take corn from a field
[07:48.420]And make bread out of it without help？
[07:52.490]I had to learn and to make many new things，
[07:58.720]And it was a year before I cooked and ate my first bread.
[08:03.060]During all this time I never stopped thinking about escape.
[08:12.440]When I travelled across to the other side of the island，
[08:17.260]I could see the other islands，and I said to myself，
[08:23.150]'Perhaps I can get there with a boat.Perhaps I can get back to England one day.'
[08:32.390]So I decided to make myself a boat.
[08:36.880]I cut down a big tree，and then began to make a long hole in it.
[08:43.960]It was hard work，but about six months later，I had a very fine canoe.
[08:53.340]Next，I had to get it down to the sea.How stupid I was！
[09:01.870]Why didn't I think before I began work？
[09:07.160]Of course，the canoe was too heavy.I couldn't move it！
[09:14.560]I pulled and pushed and tried everything，but it didn't move.
[09:21.050]I was very unhappy for a long time after that.
[09:26.060]That happened in my fourth year on the island.
[09:31.860]In my sixth year I did make myself a smaller canoe，but I did not try to escape in it.
[09:42.750]The boat was too small for a long journey，and I did not want to die at sea.
[09:49.970]The island was my home now，not my prison，and I was just happy to be alive.
[09:59.110]A year or two later，I made myself a second canoe on the other side of the island.
[10:08.330]I also built myself a second house there，and so I had two homes.
[10:16.550]My life was still busy from morning to night.
[10:22.390]There were always things to do or to make.
[10:26.500]I learnt to make new clothes for myself from the skins of dead animals.
[10:33.250]They looked very strange，it is true，but they kept me dry in the rain.
[10:40.910]I kept food and tools at both my houses，and also wild goats.
[10:49.520]There were many goats on the island，
[10:56.230]And I made fields with high fences to keep them in.
[11:00.870]They learnt to take food from me，and soon I had goat's milk to drink every day.
[11:09.160]I also worked hard in my cornfields.And so many years went by.