Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

Part I

Robinson Crusoe lived in the town of York in England. When he was a small boy, he wanted to go to sea. He had a friend whose father was a captain of a ship. The captain took the two boys on his ship when it went to London.

After that, Robinson went to sea many times. Now he was a sailor. He liked his work very much.

One day, when his ship was at sea, there was a great storm. The ship broke and all the people were drowned. Robinson was in the water for a long time. He was not drowned. He could swim well. The sea carried him to the shore.

Robinson sat on the shore for a long time. Then he wanted to know where he was, so he began to walk along the shore. Soon he saw that he was on an island. It was not large. He walked in all parts of the island: he wanted to see if there were any people there or any sailors from the ship. But there were no people there and no sailors from the ship. It was evening already, and Robinson wanted to sleep. He did not want to sleep in an open place, so he climbed into a tree and slept there.

Part II

When Robinson Crusoe woke up, it was morning. The storm was over. The sea was low, and Robinson saw the ship. It was not very far from the shore. One part of it was not in the water. Robinson swam to the ship and got on it. He saw many good things there which he could take to the island. Robinson found some tools and began to make a raft. When the raft was ready, Robinson put it on the water. Then he found two large boxes and put a lot of things into them. They were things which he wanted to have on the island. He put the boxes on the raft, jumped on it, and went to the shore.

Robinson went to the ship every day and brought many other things to the island. He brought clothes, dishes, an English flag, lamps, kitchen things, and, of course, things which he could eat. During one of his visits to the ship, he found a dog and two cats. They were very happy to see a man. He took them to the island too. Now Robinson had three good friends with him. He had been on the island for thirteen days already when another storm came. When it was over, Robinson could not see the ship. It was now under the water.