ROBINSON CRUSOE

Series 12

CHAPTER 12 – CORN

When the goats are between me and my dog, I hide behind a tree. Then I shout at my dog,

“Come here.”

My dog runs to me and the goats too. I wait in my position behind the tree. When one goat runs

close to me, I jump and I catch her leg. I hold her right leg. But then the goat kicks me with her

left leg. She kicks me in my nose. It is a horrible pain. I can’t hold the goat and the goat runs

away.

We are not successful. This is not the best method how to catch a goat. We have to find

a better method.

I tell my dog, “Let’s go home. I need to relax.”

I work on my fence from January to March. It takes me a long time because I want to make the

fence very strong. During this time, I find big birds on the island. Their homes aren’t in the trees.

They live in holes which are between rocks. It is easy to catch them. Their meat is great. I can

also cook and eat their eggs.

When I work on my fence, I find a small bag. I remember corn in the bag. But now I see only

some leaves in the bag. I take the bag outside my camp. I empty the bag because I need the bag

for gunpowder. This happens before the rains.

A month later, I find some green leaves in that place. It is young corn.

I am so happy. The corn grows near my home. It is fantastic. I can bake bread in the future.

Something happens in March. I am inside my cave when pieces of earth fall from the top of the

cave.

I am scared. My work on the cave can be lost. I run outside the cave. I see that the ground starts

to shake. It is an earthquake.

I am shocked and scared. Some big stones fall from the hill. But I am lucky. They don’t hit my

tent.

The earthquake is finished soon. But I don’t want to go inside the cave. I am scared. I sit on the

ground before my tent.

I think, “Maybe, it is dangerous to sleep in the cave. It is dangerous if another earthquake

comes.”

But I don’t want to sleep in the tent. So I decide to make a house.

I start to build the house in April. It takes three months to build the house. But I am happy with

my new home.

I am ill in the last week of July. I have a temperature. I can’t get out of the bed. I am very weak. I

can do nothing in this state.

I have crazy dreams. The dreams are not very logical. But for me they are real when I have them.