The Wood at Night in Extremely Bad Weather Outside, the weather was getting extremely bad. The snow was falling so thick and fast you couldn’t see a yard in front of you. There was nothing left untouched by the icy hands of Jack Frost. It was getting deeper by the minute. Sophie’s father had been … Read more
Home Again| Captain Prepared the Two Boats The Captain prepared the two boats. He made his passenger Captain of one and took command of the other himself. At about midnight, they came to the ship. When they came within calling distance of her, he made Robins call out that he had found the first boatload. … Read more
The Attack Story | Short Story We made preparations to collect and pack all we would need for the voyage all the provisions to Friday’s country. One day, while I was busy with these tasks Friday, came running to me. He had seen three canoes land on the beach. “They come for Friday,” he cried. … Read more
We Make Plans for Traveling Soon Friday could speak well enough to tell me about his people and his country. He had been to my island before and knew all about the sea current around it. He told me, there were bearded white men like me, who lived to the west of his country. My … Read more
Danger Signals Then something very strange happened. One day I was going along the shore toward my boat when I saw a man’s footprint in the sand. I stood there too surprised to move. I listened; I looked all around me, but could not hear or see anything. I went up a hill to look … Read more
I Take a Voyage on my Boat For five years nothing very exciting happened to me. I just continued as before, growing my corn, hunting for food, and reading my Bible. During this time, I made a smaller boat. I had to dig a waterway six feet wide and four feet deep to get to … Read more
I Make a Boat with My Experience My thoughts often turned to the land, which I had seen, from the other side of the island. I secretly wished I were on shore there. If people lived there, I felt sure that I would find some way of getting home. However, I quite forgot the dangers … Read more
My Third Year on The Island Though after two years on the island, I had almost everything I wanted, still, at times my heart was heavy. I looked about me and realized that I was a prisoner with no hope of escape. This thought made me cry like a child. To come over such feelings … Read more
The Tigers can’t believe their eyes when they saw mummified animals Luke gingerly picked up the boxes, taking care not to disturb the mummified animals. ‘What on earth are they?’ Patrick asked. ‘I’ve no idea,’ said Luke, carefully unwrap- ping the bandages. Underneath, he found a complicated-looking piece of electronic equipment with a little light … Read more
Back to the Egyptian Pyramid Soon Luke realized straight away why these words had been written on the wall of the burial chamber. ‘It was meant to frighten off grave robbers,’ he explained to the others. ‘But it doesn’t seem to have worked. They’ve stolen everything from the burial chamber except the sarcophagus.’ Patrick looked … Read more