"Being the third son of a good family and not educated to an y trade m y head began to be filled early with thoughts of lea ving England, to see the world." "And thus against the will, na y the commands of m y father," "I brok e loose and went out to sea." "How true m y father's prophec y of disaster for not long after being in the latitude of 1 2 degrees, 1 8 minutes bound for Africa to buy Negro sla v es for m y fellow planters in the Brazils" "a violent tornado came upon us which carried us westward." "Far out of the wa y of human commerce." "( growling )" "My only possession, m y only weapon." "( thunder )" "I wok e refreshed and half perished with hunger." "Thirsty, without pro visions, with little hope of surviv al," "I set out to surv e y m y fate." "No other land in sight." "I was on an island, and barren b y the sea." "The wreck of our ship stranded during the night." "Ay!" "Ay!" "Sam !" "She might slip from the rock." "I must contriv e a raft and try to sa v e her precious supplies." "I plundered from the wreck man y chests with all manner of clothes, tallow, gunpowder, the carpenter tools and scores of useful articles, not to forget that fellow surviv or, Sam." "Gold." "Yet, what use to me." "Howe v er, on second thoughts." "Tinder, steel, flint, fire." "Fire I" "Worth more to me, than all the gold in the world." "How often had I seen m y serv ants do this," "Yet I a master of serv ants couldn 't e v en build m y own fire" "Re x!" "Ah Re x." "y ou are aliv e too." "Re x." "( loud crashing sound )" "What was that, Re x?" "What is it?" "She was gone." "That fearful sound had been the death cry of our poor ship" "I regretted all the iron work, cable and lead that had gone down with her." "Rats I" "The only things from the ship that I did not want ashore." "No ship will sail b y without m y knowledge." "I k ept dry branches ready to flame into a mighty beacon." "My da y s were hurried, crowded with all manners of urgent task s." "Most urgent of all was to secure m y self from wild beasts and sa v ages." "Meanwhile the rains approached and needing a store room for all the supplies" "I found a place where the earth was easiest and started to dig up a ca v e." "I had ne v er before so much as handled an ax and, or for that matter an y kind of tool." "I was but a v ery sorry workman and all this cost me a great deal of time." "I became a pleasant good shot and with good cause, for m y constant hard manual labor ga v e me a most v oracious appetite." "The green coconut and its milk" "I found to be most wholesome, cool and refreshing." "My ele v enth month." "Da y s passed in hunting wild foul, preparing food, trips to m y look out hill to search for sight of ships." "One da y much lik e another." "U ne v entful and," "I am sick, chills." "Fe v er." "Getting worse." "Ah ..." "help ..." "help me." "I n this second sleep" "I had this terrible dream." "Here, here, here, here, here, here." "Not there, but here." "Where else would I be?" "Are y ou not here?" "How did y ou get here?" "At m y house, with y our dear mother and me, y ou had the v ery best of all possible worlds" "Yes , y es , I remember all y ou told me" "Giv e me water." "At home y ou are well off." "Sa v ed the miseries of labor and hardships of man kinds lower state." "Though y et embarrassed b y the pride, en vy, lux ury, and ambition of its upper state." "Water, father, giv e me water." "Ours is the middle station of life m y bo y, the middle station" "Ev en kings would ha v e en vied y ou ." "Admit that now." "Will y ou not help me?" "I want water." "Wh y did y ou fling y ourself into this stupid adv enture?" "Did y ou not know, that y our mother and I were pra ying that God would not separate us from y ou?" "y ou were alwa y s wa yward ." "Water, bring me water." "Your mother and I will forgiv e y ou ." "Remember, But God will not forgiv e y ou ." "Heh , heh , heh ." "He will not forgiv e y ou ." "I will die." "I will die." "I wok e weak, y et clear of head." "Whether I had slept for one whole da y or more," "I could ne v er be certain." "My first thought was for water." "Did not Brazilians ha v e some ph y sic to pre v ent recurrence of fe v ers ?" "Of course I" "Tobacco, mi x ed in rum." "I n that chest," "I found a cure for both the body and soul." "Come to me in the da y of trouble, and I will deliv er thee." "And thou shall glorify me." "Only He can deliv er me out of this place." "I now respect the Sabbath and so, I mark this da y differently from all others." "The last of it Re x." "Now I 'v e been denied the staff of life." "I recalled a grass" "I had observ ed to sprout and start to grow." "G rain, that which in England we call corn, and in the new world, we call wheat." "Some few seeds must ha v e come ashore with me from the ship." "With the Lord's help," "I could try to raise a crop." "Meanwhile I set out to mak e a more perfect disco v er of m y domain." "I found great amounts of cocoa, orange, and lemon trees, sugar cane, tobacco, and banana." "I disco v ered the turtle, which furnishes an abundance of sa v ory flesh." "G reat quantities of most useful shell." "And e v en turtle eggs." "Also that other sea beast, the octopus," "Which the y sa y some people lack the fortitude to eat." "Parrots, which were known to me." "And other birds, which were foreign." "Animals I did not recogni z e," "And those I did, goats." "It was a most unusual clear da y." "Land I" "Could I not hack out a canoe to sail to it?" "I hewed out a tin y sailing canoe, and was swept out to sea b y some great current." "Than k s only a sudden wind, was I e v en fortunate to get back to shore." "I n other v entures I was more successful." "Here Polly, here Polly." "On m y finger Polly." "Call Re x Polly" "Here Re x." "Come here, Re x." "Come." "Tell me only this ." "Where did y ou find their father?" "Do y ou know?" "The one m y stery of the island I ne v er solv ed." "Due to sowing during dry season, first half of seed complete loss." "Second half now in ground, hope for the best." "J ust as it ma y seem the best would come to pass and that I might triumph o v er the sun, the rain," "I was threatened b y a new enem y." "The birds I" "The y came down on m y field lik e a plague." "A ruthless de v ouring arm y." "I fought for wheat as if it were m y life." "U sed e v ery weapon to frighten and kill." "H ungry Re x?" "but y ou cannot tal k to me." "Fiv e y ears." "The fifth anniv ersary of the da y I landed." "Time to celebrate." "( singing ) I care not I for nobody, and nobody cares for me." "Do y ou or do y ou not?" "Well I do." "I did ." "This is a da y, a da y, what a da y this is ." "I ha v e nothing further to sa y." "( singing )" "I care not I for nobody, and nobody cares for me." "Ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha ." "I remember y ou all !" "Hoora y for friendship." "H ip H ip Hoora y!" "H ip H ip Hoora y!" "H ip H ip Hoora y!" "Here the lowly Keg is dead ." "Stuck, one to another." "until the resurrection ." "Tom , ( unintelligible )" "And to y ou Campbell ." "( crying )" "At last I" "A full harv est." "Now it could be truly said," "I work ed for m y bread." "ba k e me a ca k e as fast as y ou can ." "Sing for y our supper, Poll ." "Coarse, burnt, and most delicious meal of m y life." "I built a bower, so that I fancied now," "I was Lord of the whole manor." "I had m y country house, and m y seacoast house too." "I perfected m y self in all task s." "And was forced to learn new ones." "I n short," "I learned to master e v erything in m y island e x cept m y self." "Sometimes in the midst of m y work, the anguish of m y soul and m y loneliness" "I would break out upon me lik e a storm." "Escape." "No matter the dangers," "I must do something to escape this tomb, this prison." "m y heart died within me." "Alone." "Alone." "Fore v er alone." "I was a prisoner, lock ed up b y the eternal bars and bolts of the ocean." "Da y s became week s, week s became months, months became y ears." "I quite ga v e up looking to see for ships, in time m y linen clothes rotted, m y cats all ran wild." "My faithful dog weak en b y age could no longer k eep up with the hunt he so dearly lo v ed." "Re x." "Re x." "What's wrong?" "Re x." "Come on bo y." "Eat Re x eat." "Would y ou li k e a tasty?" "A do v e?" "A pigeon's egg?" "Now y ou just wait there for me." "( Parrot tal king ) Here Re x, here Re x" "Now truly alone, starv ed for the sound of another v oice, an y v oice." "I would rush to the v alle y of m y echo." "The Lord is m y shepherd" "I shalt not want," "He ma k es me to lie down in green pastures , he leads me besides still waters ," "he restores m y soul ," "m y soul !" "Dreadful fantasies possess m y mind." "I fought to sa v e m y sanity." "He leads me besides still waters , he restores m y soul." "Green pastures ." "Green pastures ." "The scriptures came meaningless to m y e y es." "The world seemed but a whirling ball." "Its oceans and continents, a green scum, and m y self." "With no purpose." "And no meaning." "Help!" "Help!" "Help, help!" "Had an y one in England met such an odd creature as I was in m y 1 8th y ear of solitude it must either ha v e frightened them or cause a great deal of laughter." "Ah , m y little friends ." "I don't know what to call y ou but y ou are m y little friends aren't y ou?" "Eh?" "J ust y ou wait there in y our homes and I will feed y ou ." "Here's a morsel for y ou?" "Eh ." "There." "Go on , get him ." "Get him !" "Well , good b y e." "Good b y e." "Condemned, to all those y ears of loneliness, now trembling in the apprehension of seeing another human." "How mad men are possessed b y fear." "I e v en scattered m y 1 0 cattle so it won 't betra y m y presence." "( parrot tal king ) Hello Robin , hello." "Shh , shh , shh , quiet." "Men eaters." "From that v ery land" "I had once thought to sail to." "I bolted horrified all that night I observ ed the cannibals at their ghastly entertainment." "The y left on the morning tide." "But how soon a tide would bring them back?" "How man y times ha v e the y come and gone ?" "While I un knowing, was on m y side of the island." "I was in a murdering humor," "I e v en thought to lure them into m y castle and from the ambush, slaughter 2 0 or 30, of the nak ed wretches." "I knew no peace for months and months." "A 1 00 times," "I was just about to let fly at them in m y sleep." "I contriv ed what I called m y bomb." "Now I had m y bomb." "I had a vision." "I imagined how eas y I might set a trap, and these monsters might be destro y ed." "After passion, hatred." "I reali z ed I had no hea v en sent right to be judge and e x ecutor, on these people who had done me no injury." "I would lea v e them to God's justice." "I would not interfere with them unless the y attack me first." "I mo v ed about m y island with the greatest of caution, ne v er knowing when their attack might come." "The y had 2 victims." "While the y strung one up for slaughter," "I saw that the second tried to mak e his escape." "Here, here." "No, no, no, no." "Here, here, here." "( gunshot )" "U p, up, up now." "U p, up, I shall not harm y ou ." "( not in english )" "( not in english )" "Here, up, up." "Here, up, up." "H im , him , y ou ." "U nderground , underground ." "Out of sight, come on ." "H im , him ." "H im ." "H im , under." "( not in english )" "( not in english )" "U p, up, up, up." "What is y our name?" "What is y our name?" "Name?" "Tuesda y, Wednesda y, Thursda y." "Come here." "Come here." "Come here!" "F rida y." "Frida y." "Fri da y." "F riends ." "Friends !" "Eat." "Eat!" "No, no eat man , wrong ." "Frida y, this good , eat." "I dare not sleep." "If the cannibals fail to come for me before morning, he might." "The cannibals had departed, fortunately for me." "Without so much as a search for their missing companions." "I would not let him handle an y weapon." "I used m y musk et to ensure his continued fear and respect of me." "( not in english )" "I put a strong door to m y ca v e so he could not tak e me unaware at night." "How reassuring it was to see him eat the flesh of animals, knowing the only source for that other meat he so relished would be m y self." "( not in english )" "Someda y, if y ou are good , I 'll teach y ou to smok e." "How pleasant it was, once more to ha v e a serv ant." "Frida y, what is this?" "And this?" "No Frida y, use the fork." "Frida y, what's this?" "This Frida y?" "Good Frida y, v ery good !" "What do y ou see?" "I nside, black line." "It is y our land ." "I nside?" "No, there!" "There's y our nation , y our people." "Oh happ y, there see m y nation , m y people." "Wh y do y ou alwa y s come here, to this island?" "God sa y s , only good place after kill here." "And y ou would li k e to go back to y our nation?" "Frida y happ y go there see m y people." "I understand ." "Suppose a whole lot of his countrymen were to visit the island." "Would he not, forgetting all obligation to me." "Either return with them to his nativ e country or worse still, lead them to plunder m y precious possessions." "And e v en join in a feast upon m y self." "Frida y!" "Wh y are y ou here Frida y, what do y ou want?" "Smok e." "Good for Master," "Good for Frida y." "Go." "If y ou want something again , as k me, first." "Had he truly remembered m y promise that he might smok e ?" "No," "I could not trust him through another night." "Go to bed now." "Not finished work." "Do y ou hear me, go to bed !" "So long ago," "I had intended these for sla v es." "Sit up!" "Giv e me y our an kies ." "Wh y y ou tie Frida y?" "I am y our Master, I shall do as pleases me." "Now at least, I can sleep." "Ta k e off quickly." "Frida y foot hurts ." "Did y ou not tell me the other da y y ou wanted to go awa y, go back to y our own nation?" "That y ou wanted to go to y our people." "Go with y ou , only with y ou ." "Well , the y would kill me." "I tell y ou sa v e life." "The y'd still kill me." "No, no kill ." "Frida y lo v e Master alwa y s ." "Frida y, sit down ." "If I cannot hold y ou here b y choice, perhaps it would be better if y ou go back." "What must I kill y ou for?" "Ta k e." "No send Frida y awa y." "Frida y." "Frida y." "Forgiv e me, Frida y forgiv e me." "I want y ou to be m y friend ." "I will ne v er lea v e y ou ." "If y ou want to go, do so." "( not in english )" "Frida y, o v er there!" "Wild pig !" "How wrong I had been." "Frida y was as lo y al a friend as an y man could want." "With his man y different skills he enriched m y life on the island." "We had found that the two working together could do much more than the two working separately." "Frida y, y ou li k e?" "H uh?" "No, no y ou would not understand , Frida y." "Will Master giv e Frida y 1 , 2 , 3?" "amuse y ourself." "If y ou get tired of them , throw them into the sea ." "Ta k e that off." "These were the happiest y ears of all the y ears I had in m y island." "Sit down Frida y." "The de vil is God's enem y in the hearts of men ." "He uses all his malice and s kill to destro y the kingdom of Christ." "is God not much strong than de vil?" "y es , y es Frida y," "God is stronger than the de vil ." "He's abo v e the de vil , therefore we pra y to God ." "wh y God no kill de vil , so ma k e him no more wick ed ." "What's that Frida y?" "If God the most strong , wh y he no kill de vil ." "Well y ou see Frida y without the de vil , there would be no temptation and no sin ." "The de vil must be there for us to ha v e a chance to choose sin or resist it." "I s God let de vil tempt us?" "Then , wh y God mad when sin?" "H uh , ha , ha , ha ." "Frida y can't get these things into his head ." "2 8 y ears on the island." "The desire to escape still burns within me." "And now counting on Frida y's skill and knowledge," "I contemplated the manufacture of a craft" "Large enough to carry us to the Spanish country which Frida y told me la y to the north." "We de v oted week s to selecting a proper tree, this would be m y last chance to see m y nativ e England before I died." "( gunshot )" "Where did he come from?" "There." "there must be others ." "( not in english )" "shh , Look!" "Come on !" "Now, rehearsal for the last time." "There the y are, here we are behind the trees ." "Now, well see." "No, no, no, tinder, tinder." "There!" "( gunshots )" "( gunshots )" "White man li k e Master." "Friends?" "shh !" "Come on !" "Tie them to those trees ." "We'll come back for y ou , when we ha v e water for the ship." "White men eat prisoners too?" "Eat them no, Frida y." "Rope Master, the rope!" "I n spite of m y appearance, I 'm not something that liv es in trees , I 'm a man ." "Captain Oberzo." "Now we can tal k." "Who are y ou?" "Where ha v e y ou come from?" "What is y our case?" "Tell me." "Engineered b y m y mate, aided b y those y ou saw him lead ashore." "It's the mutineers who control the firearms , sir." "And y our ship?" "As fine as e v er bore sail , be y ond the reef, waiting only for the ne xt tide." "The y anchored here to ta k e on water and abandon us when the y surprised and killed the sa v ages ." "Fernandez!" "Should the y return to the ship we are lost!" "If we pre v ent their return , y ou thin k it possible, armed , of course, to reassert y our command?" "Nothing could pre v ent me." "On 2 conditions then ." "Agreed !" "First, while y ou are upon this island y ou will be go v erned b y m y orders" "Accepted , second ." "If we reco v er y our ship, y ou will carry me and m y man , to England , passage free." "Or y our home in China , I ndia , three times around the world !" "Ha , ha , ha , ha ." "Fernandez!" "Fernandez!" "Fernandez!" "The y're going to escape!" "U nless I 'v e forgotten the wa y s of civilization Captain ," "The y will not be putting back y et." "He y!" "What's that?" "Ha , ha , ha , ha , ha ." "Ha , ha , ha , ha , ha ." "I 'll cut his throat!" "Wait!" "Gold !" "Where did y ou find this?" "There?" "Which wa y?" "Come on !" "Nobody here." "O v er we go!" "O v er here!" "Drop arms !" "I n the name of the go v ernor of this island , drop y our arms !" "Drop arms , or I blow y our head off!" "No, was I that y oung?" "The boat arriv ed , the Captain is waiting ." "Than k y ou , Frida y." "I didn't e xpect it y et." "The proof of the pudding , so the people cannot sa y that Crusoe's mad ." "These are presents for our friends outside." "to punish us harshly for our sins , did y ou not, Go v ernor?" "Nothing of the sort, I as k ed the Captain to grant y our request to remain here, rather than return to the gallows ." "but y ou'll liv e to regret y our sacrilegious waste." "Well I ha v e here instructions for y ou , time of planting , care of liv estock, places of concealment of weapons and powder." "I nformation , also, as to the sa v ages who do, on occasion , visit this place." "Whether or not y ou learn the lessons I ha v e learned and surviv e l cannot foresee." "I for y ears did not ha v e," "Something for which I wept," "For which m y soul shriv eled and starv ed !" "it should cost y ou an hour of painful work, b y then we shall ha v e set sail ." "From what y ou saw toda y Frida y, are y ou not a little afraid of coming back with me to civilization?" "If Master is not," "Frida y is not." "And thus , I left the island after I had been on it" "Eight and twenty y ears , two months and N ineteen da y s ."