[00:01.930]6 A footprint
[00:06.820]Then，one year，something strange and terrible happened.
[00:14.870]I often walked along the shore，and one day I saw something in the sand.
[00:22.440]I went over to look at it more carefully，and stopped in sudden surprise.
[00:32.150]It was a footprint—the footprint of a man！
[00:37.910]Who could this be？Afraid，I looked around me.
[00:46.840]I listened.I waited.Nothing.I was more and more afraid.
[00:58.190]Perhaps this man was one of those wild people who killed and ate other men！
[01:07.040]I looked everywhere，but there was nobody，and no other foot-print.
[01:17.110]I turned and hurried home.'There's someone on my island，'I said to myself.
[01:27.840]'Perhaps he knows about me…Perhaps he's watching me now from behind a tree…
[01:37.240]Perhaps he wants to kill me.'
[01:43.460]That night I couldn't sleep.
[01:47.080]The next day I got all my guns ready
[01:51.730]And I put more wood and young trees around my house.
[01:57.190]Nobody could see me now.
[02:00.700]But，after fifteen years alone on the island，I was afraid，
[02:07.460]And I did not leave my cave for three days.
[02:13.180]In the end，I had to go out to milk my goats.
[02:18.800]But for two years I was afraid.I stayed near my home
[02:25.830]And I never used my guns because I didn't want to make a noise.
[02:32.590]I could not forget the footprint，but I saw and heard nothing more，
[02:40.970]And slowly I began to feel happier.
[02:46.530]One day，a year later，I was over on the west side of the island.
[02:55.880]From there I could see the other islands，and I could also see a boat，far out to sea.
[03:05.250]'If you have a boat，'I thought，'it's easy to sail across to this island.
[03:14.580]Perhaps that explains the foot-print—it was a visitor from one of the other islands.'
[03:24.370]I began to move more freely around the island again，and built myself a third house.
[03:33.330]It was a very secret place in a cave.'No wild man will ever find that，'I said to myself.
[03:47.370]Then one year something happened which I can never forget.
[03:53.120]I was again on the west side of the island and was walking along the shore.
[04:01.500]Suddenly，I saw something which made me feel ill.
[04:07.290]There were heads，arms，feet，and other pieces of men's bodies everywhere.
[04:16.320]For a minute，I couldn't think，and then I understood.
[04:23.270]Sometimes there were fights between the wild men on the other islands.
[04:30.320]Then they came here to my island with their prisoners，
[04:35.860]To kill them，cook them，and eat them.
[04:39.310]Slowly，I went home，but I was very angry.How could men do this？
[04:48.890]For many months I watched carefully for the smoke from fires，
[04:56.730]But I didn't see anything.
[04:58.880]Somehow the wild men came and went，and I never saw them.
[05:06.550]I was angry and afraid.
[05:10.850]I wanted to shoot them all，but there were many of them and only one of me.
[05:19.410]'Perhaps I can shoot two or three，'I said to myself，
[05:27.360]'But then they will kill and eat me.'
[05:33.220]Then，one morning in my twenty-third year on the island，
[05:39.320]I was out in my fields and I saw the smoke from a fire.
[05:45.440]Quickly，I went up the hill to watch.
[05:49.380]There were nine men around the fire，and they were cooking their terrible food.
[05:57.430]Then these wild men danced round the fire，singing and shouting.
[06:03.810]This went on for about two hours，
[06:09.070]and then they got into their boats and sailed away.
[06:13.640]I went down to the shore and saw the blood of the dead men on the sand.
[06:21.440]'The next time they come，I'm going to kill them，'I said angrily.