Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
despair
/dɪˈspeər/the complete loss of hope
routine
/ruːˈtiːn/a regular and fixed order of doing things
tame
/teɪm/not wild or dangerous; friendly to humans
miracle
/ˈmɪr.ə.kəl/an extraordinary and wonderful event that cannot be explained by natural laws
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September 30, 1659. After our ship was destroyed in a terrible storm, I was cast ashore on a lonely, miserable island. All my companions were drowned, and I had neither food, clothes, nor weapons. In complete despair, I thought I would either starve or be eaten by wild beasts. I spent my first night sleeping safely in the branches of a tree. The next morning, the ship had floated nearer to the shore on the high tide. Over the next three weeks, I made many journeys on wooden rafts to bring as many goods as possible onto the land before...
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