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I escaped from the pirates' ship, and a friendly captain from Portugal took me with him to Brazil.. In Brazil, I made money and I bought some land.[r]
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Daniel Defoe refold by Elizabeth Gray
(2)My father was right I never had any luci< at sea T h e first ship I sailed on sank in a storm Pirates attacked the next one, and I became a slave I escaped from the pirates' ship, and a friendly captain from Portugal took me with him to Brazil In Brazil, I made money and I bought some land But something made me go back to sea Friends wanted me to sail to Guinea to help them find slaves I said yes, but only because I loved sailing so much
T h e day we left Brazil was a beautiful sunny day T h e r e weren't any clouds in the sky, and I could smell the salt from the sea I was very excited T h e n I remembered something
"What's the date today?"
"It's the first of September Why? What's wrong?" "Nothing I just don't like this day."
It was September 1st, 1659 I first left home on exactly the same day only eight years ago I felt that something bad was going to happen to me
For many days, the weather was perfect T h e men sang on board, and everyone was happy Most of the men asked me about slaves
"How can you buy a slave?"
"You give coins, sugar, rum, generally small things, to the leader of his tribe."
"And the slave leaves with you?" "He has to."
"What about you, Crusoe? They say you have bad luck at sea Why did you leave Brazil? Maybe you'll die in a storm."
I didn't like this man He only had one eye and very few teeth But I answered him
"I thought of that My friends in Brazil can take care of my land If I die, a friend in Portugal will take my money."
Soon after that, there was a storm T h e sky was black and there was a flash of lightning Huge waves came over the side of the ship We were close to an island, so we got into a smaller boat and tried to get to the shore T h e waves were too big for us
"Keep her steady!" "We can't hold her!"
"Look out, we're going under."
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