The Swiss Family Robinson Told in Words of One Syllable

light that it was break of day, I got out of bed

he coast and try to find some of the men who left t

om his bed, "why should we search for

t as they have done; next, we know that they took no food with them, and we should not leave them t

ut a pair of small arms in his belt, gave him a game bag, and told him to take an axe. I took some

s were in tears. The dog Bill we left to guard th

en, or any sign that the ship's crew had found the land. We left the shore, and went through a wood full of tall trees. Here Fritz struck some hard thing on t

ear view of the place. Fritz, who was on the look out, ran o

ave me no small joy to fin

get hold of one of those qu

ht one down, and w

sh, or a flask. Wild men set great store by its sh

made some eight or ten bowls, and some flat ones for plates,

h cut a cane, that we might beat them off should we meet with any. As I took hold of my staff, I felt a gum or juice ooze out of the end. I put my tongue to it, and found it of a swe

u ill; but let us cut some of the best and take them back

re the palms grew, and then we sat down in the

s at the top of the t

ll do us no good to kill them, and I think I can make use of them." With that I threw some stones up at the tree where they were, though they had got safe out of my reach. They then

in the thick white cream which forms close to the shell; a

, which I tied round my waist, while he took up