As he grew up, his father wished him to learn a trade.
"No, no, I am going to be a sailor; I am going to see the world" he
said. His mother said to him: "A sailor's life is a hard life. There
are great storms on the sea. Many ships are wrecked and the sailors
are drowned." "I am not afraid" said Robinson Crusoe. "I am going to
be a sailor and nothing else."
So, when he was eighteen years old, he ran away from his pleasant home
and went to sea.
He soon found that his mother's words were true.
A sailor's life is indeed a hard life. There is no time to play. Every
day there is much work to be done. Sometimes there is great danger.
Robinson Crusoe sailed first on one ship and then on another. He
visited many lands and saw many wonderful things.
One day there was a great storm. The ship was driven about by the
winds; it was wrecked. All the sailors were drowned but Robinson
Crusoe.
He swam to an island that was not far away. It was a small island, and
there was no one living on it. But there were birds in the woods and
some wild goats on the hills.
For a long time Robinson Crusoe was all alone. He had only a dog and
some cats to keep him company.
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