I discover some new animals on this side of the island. Wild cats live here. I also see many parrots and other interesting birds.
I catch one parrot. I take the parrot with me. His body has many colours. I see red, green, orange, blue, pink and yellow.
This part of the island is very nice. More food is here. But I don’t want to move here.
My dog catches a young goat on the way back. I save the goat. I take the goat with me. I want to keep goats. Now I have another chance.
I leave the goat in my valley house. I want to prepare some space for the goat in my first home.
I am so tired from the trip. I relax the whole day. I make a cage for the parrot. I bring home the goat. The goat starts to be calm.
I make a map of the whole island. I put these new places on the map.
The time goes very fast. Soon, it is September again. This is my second year on the island. I am less sad now. I accept my situation. I have many good things in my life.
My days are similar. I hunt in the morning. I cook at noon. I relax in the afternoon when the sun is very strong. And I work in the evening. This is my typical day.
I also teach my parrot how to say his name. His name is Poll.
I have a problem with my corn in November and December. The wild goats want to eat the little plants.
I don’t want to lose my corn. So I quickly make a fence around the field with the corn.
I make a gate in the fence. I put my dog inside the fence. He protects my corn at night.
Soon, the plants are tall, but another danger comes. Birds start to eat the seeds.
I shoot at the birds. They fly away. I must watch my field every day.
CHAPTER 16 – BREAD
I have my first corn at the end of December. It isn’t a lot of corn. I don’t want to eat the corn. I decide to keep all the seeds. My goal is to put the seeds in the ground and have more corn later.
I need some pots for the seeds. I look for clay on the island.
I find some clay and I try to make a pot. I have no success at the beginning.
But I try again and again. It is long work. But after two months of experiments, I make two pots.
I put the pots in baskets. I put dry grass between the baskets and the pots. The dry grass and the baskets protect the pots very well.
I continue to make small pots. Their quality is better and better.
I also make long but not very high pots. I put sea water in them. When the water is gone, I have salt.
One day, I find a broken piece of a pot in the fire. The fire makes the piece very hard. It is like a stone. The piece is very red too.
I have an idea. I take one pot and I make a fire around the pot. The pot is very hard after two hours. I am happy with the result.
I also need a tool with which I can make flour. I take a big piece of hard wood. I make a hole in the wood. I put the seeds in the hole. Then I take another piece of hard wood. I break the seeds in the hole with this second wood.
The flour stays on the bottom of the hole.
Now, I want to bake bread. I have an idea. I mix the flour with water. Then, I take two stones. I put the stones near the fire. When the stones are very hot, I put the bread between them.
Now, I have my first bread on the island. The bread is not perfect. But I like the bread a lot. It is my first bread after a long time. It is during my third year on the island.
I think about travelling around the island by sea. I think that it is possible to make a canoe. I want to make a canoe from a big tree. I find one big tree. I cut the tree. I start to make a hole in it.
But after some days, I start to think about something. I start to think how to get the canoe from the forest to the beach. I think about it because I am quite far from the beach. I see that it is a problem. I see a small hill between the forest and the beach.
It is not possible to move the canoe over the hill. The canoe is very heavy for it.
I am really angry. I have to leave the canoe in the forest. Many days of work are lost.
I don’t believe that I can make such a mistake. I have to plan my work better next time.
CHAPTER 17 – CANOE
After three years on the island, my clothes are already very old. I start to use the skins of the animals. I make a cap and other clothes from the skins.
I also need an umbrella. I try to make an umbrella from the skins too. It is difficult at the beginning. It takes some time. But I am successful in the end.
