The weather on my island was usually very hot and
there were often storms and heavy rain. The next June it rained all the time and
I couldn’t go out very often. I was also ill for some weeks, but slowly I got
better. When I was stronger I began to go out again. The first time I killed a
wild animal and the second time I caught a big turtle. I was on the island for
ten months before I visited other parts of it. During those months I worked hard
on my cave and my house and my fence. Now I was ready to find more about the
rest of the island.
First I walked along the side of a little river. There I found open ground without
trees. Later I came to more trees with many different fruits. I decided to take
a lot of the fruit and to put it to dry in the sun for a time. Then I could keep
it for many months. That night I went to sleep in a tree for the second time and
the next day I went on with my journey. Soon I came to an opening in the hills.
In front of me everything was green and there were flowers everywhere. There
were also a lot of different birds and animals. I saw that my house was in the
worst side of the island, but I didn’t want to move from there. It was my home
now. I stayed away for three days and then I came home, but I often went back to
the other greener side of the island.
And so my life went on. Every month I learnt to do or make something new,
but I had troubles and accidents too. One there was a terrible storm with very
heavy rain. The roof of my cave fell in and nearly killed me! I had to build it
up again with many pieces of wood.
