The Swiss Family Robinson Told in Words of One Syllable

nd knelt down to thank God that He ha

in one of the tubs. Some ducks and geese we let go, in the hope that they would s

ere the fowls, and some old sails that would make us a tent; the fifth was full of good things in the way of food; in the sixth stood Jack, a bold lad, ten years old; in the next Ernest, tw

us push off from the ship they leaped in the s

ts freight straight to the land; but as we drew near to the shore the sight of the bare rocks l

at there was no lack of trees. We soon found a bay, to which the ducks a

ght with us, and stuck a pole in the ground to keep it up. This done, I sent the boys to get some moss and dry grass to make our beds wi

the shore. While I was up to my knees in the sea I heard a shrill cry, which I knew to come from Jack. I got out at once, took up an axe, and ran to his help. I found him with his legs in a rock pool, where a large crab held him by his toes

d brought us news that he had seen salt in the chin

m, I will ask you to go back for some. We

t, but my wife did not take long to find a way to cure that. She had been to a fresh stream with a large jug; from this I sa

we had each a taste, and

t for Fritz; but if he were here, I do not see how we a

id Ernest, "we might cut them in ha

are none, we may as well wish for

rnest. "Let us use the s

at his heels, and back they both came

a look of gloom on his face,

his hands as if to prove that such was the case. But Jack, who had been round him

had read, that it was not a pig, but a swift beast, known in these par

es low, and there are planks, casks, chests, and all sorts of things, th

ngs," said I. "We must at le

rnest took from his coat a large shell, which he had hid

lf, and do so much for your own ease, when all the rest do so much for yours. Now, that shell full of so

it to the dogs at once, and they soon m

ck up the stray crumbs we had let fall, and my wife took out her bag of gra

might need them in the night; sang a hymn of pr