The Swiss Family Robinson Told in Words of One Syllable

l we had been six days in a storm. The barque had gone far out of her true course, and no one on board knew where we were. The masts lay in splints on the deck, a leak in the side of the s

ave us if it please Him so to do; but, if this is to be our last h

thus spoke to my sons, but she was calm, and knelt down to pray, wh

clear that we had struck on a rock, for we heard a loud cry from

wn, and that the last of the crew had just left the ship. I cried ou

ade fast like a wedge. At the same time I saw some trace of land, which lay to the south, and this made me go back with some hope that we had still a faint chance. As soon as I got down st

my wife and sons, and it did so f

. "We are sure to need it, for this will

meal. Three out of the four were put to bed in their berths, and soon went to sleep; but Fritz, who was our first c

, "we might make floats. You and I will not need them, for we ca

y to find what things there are in t

r own use. This done, we got some knives, string, and such things as we could make fast to our belts. We did not fail to look for and f

like the rest. As for me and my poor wife, we kept watch, each in fea

dawn the wind did not blow so strong, the sky was clear of clouds, and we saw

said they. "How can

safe till now will still aid us. Let all h

ay to the tool chest. Jack ran to pick up what he could find, but as he got to one of the doors he gave it a push, and two huge dogs sprang out and leaped at him. He thought

at we should need. "As for me," said my wife, "I have brought good news, for I find we have still on b

" said I; "but I fear that Jack's d

"for they can help us to

et us see what we can do th

ight small round boats, made so fast to some planks that no one of them could float from the rest. The next thing to be done was to launch the raft. This we at length did, and when the boy

found, as her skirts would have got in her way when she had to climb. She did no

e went to bed, and slept as s