Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
fragile
/ˈfrædʒ.aɪl/Easily broken, damaged, or destroyed
current
/ˈkʌr.ənt/A continuous, directed movement of sea water
capsize
/kæpˈsaɪz/To accidentally turn over in the water (used about boats)
bail out
/beɪl aʊt/To remove water from a boat using a small container
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It was broad daylight when I woke up and found myself tossing on the waves at the south-west end of Treasure Island. The morning sun was already shining, though it was still hidden behind the huge bulk of the Spy-glass hill, which dropped steeply into the sea with dangerous cliffs. Bare, dark rocks lined the coast, and great masses of fallen stone lay in the water. I was less than a quarter of a mile from the shore, and my first thought was to paddle in and land. But I soon gave up that idea. Wild waves were crashing against...
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