[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. |
[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. |
[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. |