I’m so afraid that I can’t sleep the whole night. Finally I sleep a little in the morning.
My head is clear when I wake up. Now, it isn’t so strange that people live on the islands around.
I think, “Maybe this is their first visit here. Maybe this island is not interesting for them. Maybe it’s also their last visit here.”
I feel better after these thoughts. But I want to do something for my protection if the people come again.
During the following month, I make another fence around my house. I make holes in the fence.
Through these holes, I can easily shoot from guns if I’m attacked.
Now, I have a house which is very well protected. Nobody can come easily near me.
I also worry about my goats. I divide the goats in two groups. I built a smaller fence in another part of the island. I put one group of the goats there. It takes me a lot of time, but my animals are safe.
After sixteen years on the island, something very sad happens. My dog dies. I cry for three days.
It’s my worst day on the island.
Fortunately, I have my goats. I go to them and I tel them how sad I am. They don’t understand my words but I feel that they understand me. They feel my emotions. They are unusually calm and quiet.
It’s now two years after the foot in the sand on the beach. One day, when I’m walking on the beach, I think that I see a canoe far in the sea. I’m not sure, so I continue to walk.
Then I see a thing which shocks me. The beach is full of parts of human bodies. Heads, hands, feet, fingers and teeth are everywhere. There is a black place after a fire.
I’m angry but also scared. I can’t look at this horrible scene for a long time. I have a horrible feeling in my stomach. I go back home and I think about what to do.
Now, I can’t go out to sea with my canoe. I have no chance against a group of cannibals in the open sea. I also can’t use guns because the sound of a gun is very loud. But I always have guns with me for protection.
I think that maybe in the future, I can kill some cannibals. And I can save their prisoners.
I look for a place near the beach where I can hide and prepare for the attack.
Then I change my opinion. I think that it’s not good to fight the cannibals.
I don’t know these people. They don’t attack me. Maybe, it isn’t good to attack them.
Finally, I stop the preparations for the attack. I decide to attack them only if they attack me first.
CHAPTER 20 – CAVE
I’m hiding my activity on the island. I’m very careful. I try not to be loud.
I’m worried when I make a fire. But I need fire because I need to cook. So when I make a fire, I try to make only little smoke. Smoke can go very high. People can see smoke from a big distance.
One day, I discover a small cave in the forest. The cave is near the beach.
I go inside. When my eyes are OK with the dark, I see two eyes. The eyes are looking at me.
I jump outside. I’m scared to death.
I wait but nothing happens. I go slowly to the beginning of the cave and I listen. I hear something.
It hear some animal. I think that the animal is injured.
I take my gun and I go in the cave slowly. When my eyes can see again, I see an old goat. The goat is dying in the cave.
I return to the cave the next day. I see that the goat is dead. I look around the place. I see that the place is very safe. It’s a good place near the beach where I can hide. So I bring some guns and some gunpowder there.
It’s twenty-three years after my first moment on this island. I live comfortably now. I have many animals around me. Poll is repeating my name and some other words very nicely. I have two other parrots. I teach them how to say my name. I have more than thirty goats.
One day, I’m walking to my fields in the morning when I see fire on the beach.
I quickly return to my house. I prepare all my guns. I take my telescope. I go close to the beach. I hide behind a tree. I watch what is happening on the beach.
I see nine naked people. They have two canoes. And they are leaving.
When they leave, I go to the beach. The beach is full of blood and bones again. I’m angry again.
I decide to kil them if I see them again. But they don’t return for a long time.
One day in the evening after a big storm, something strange happens. I hear the sound of a gun at sea. I go to the beach. I see a light. The light is coming from the sea. But it’s very far.
Then, I hear the gun again. I know that some ship is near my island. The ship is in danger. The ship is asking for help. But it’s very dark. I don’t see the whole ship.
I take a lot of dry wood. I make a big fire on the beach. The men on the ship probably see the fire because they shoot again.
I think, “I can speak to somebody tonight. This is great.”
