[00:01.930] | 6 A footprint |
[00:06.820] | Then,one year,something strange and terrible happened. |
[00:14.870] | I often walked along the shore,and one day I saw something in the sand. |
[00:22.440] | I went over to look at it more carefully,and stopped in sudden surprise. |
[00:32.150] | It was a footprint—the footprint of a man! |
[00:37.910] | Who could this be?Afraid,I looked around me. |
[00:46.840] | I listened.I waited.Nothing.I was more and more afraid. |
[00:58.190] | Perhaps this man was one of those wild people who killed and ate other men! |
[01:07.040] | I looked everywhere,but there was nobody,and no other foot-print. |
[01:17.110] | I turned and hurried home.'There's someone on my island,'I said to myself. |
[01:27.840] | 'Perhaps he knows about me…Perhaps he's watching me now from behind a tree… |
[01:37.240] | Perhaps he wants to kill me.' |
[01:43.460] | That night I couldn't sleep. |
[01:47.080] | The next day I got all my guns ready |
[01:51.730] | And I put more wood and young trees around my house. |
[01:57.190] | Nobody could see me now. |
[02:00.700] | But,after fifteen years alone on the island,I was afraid, |
[02:07.460] | And I did not leave my cave for three days. |
[02:13.180] | In the end,I had to go out to milk my goats. |
[02:18.800] | But for two years I was afraid.I stayed near my home |
[02:25.830] | And I never used my guns because I didn't want to make a noise. |
[02:32.590] | I could not forget the footprint,but I saw and heard nothing more, |
[02:40.970] | And slowly I began to feel happier. |
[02:46.530] | One day,a year later,I was over on the west side of the island. |
[02:55.880] | From there I could see the other islands,and I could also see a boat,far out to sea. |
[03:05.250] | 'If you have a boat,'I thought,'it's easy to sail across to this island. |
[03:14.580] | Perhaps that explains the foot-print—it was a visitor from one of the other islands.' |
[03:24.370] | I began to move more freely around the island again,and built myself a third house. |
[03:33.330] | It was a very secret place in a cave.'No wild man will ever find that,'I said to myself. |
[03:47.370] | Then one year something happened which I can never forget. |
[03:53.120] | I was again on the west side of the island and was walking along the shore. |
[04:01.500] | Suddenly,I saw something which made me feel ill. |
[04:07.290] | There were heads,arms,feet,and other pieces of men's bodies everywhere. |
[04:16.320] | For a minute,I couldn't think,and then I understood. |
[04:23.270] | Sometimes there were fights between the wild men on the other islands. |
[04:30.320] | Then they came here to my island with their prisoners, |
[04:35.860] | To kill them,cook them,and eat them. |
[04:39.310] | Slowly,I went home,but I was very angry.How could men do this? |
[04:48.890] | For many months I watched carefully for the smoke from fires, |
[04:56.730] | But I didn't see anything. |
[04:58.880] | Somehow the wild men came and went,and I never saw them. |
[05:06.550] | I was angry and afraid. |
[05:10.850] | I wanted to shoot them all,but there were many of them and only one of me. |
[05:19.410] | 'Perhaps I can shoot two or three,'I said to myself, |
[05:27.360] | 'But then they will kill and eat me.' |
[05:33.220] | Then,one morning in my twenty-third year on the island, |
[05:39.320] | I was out in my fields and I saw the smoke from a fire. |
[05:45.440] | Quickly,I went up the hill to watch. |
[05:49.380] | There were nine men around the fire,and they were cooking their terrible food. |
[05:57.430] | Then these wild men danced round the fire,singing and shouting. |
[06:03.810] | This went on for about two hours, |
[06:09.070] | and then they got into their boats and sailed away. |
[06:13.640] | I went down to the shore and saw the blood of the dead men on the sand. |
[06:21.440] | 'The next time they come,I'm going to kill them,'I said angrily. |
[00:01.930] | 6 A footprint |
[00:06.820] | Then, one year, something strange and terrible happened. |
[00:14.870] | I often walked along the shore, and one day I saw something in the sand. |
[00:22.440] | I went over to look at it more carefully, and stopped in sudden surprise. |
[00:32.150] | It was a footprint the footprint of a man! |
[00:37.910] | Who could this be? Afraid, I looked around me. |
[00:46.840] | I listened. I waited. Nothing. I was more and more afraid. |
[00:58.190] | Perhaps this man was one of those wild people who killed and ate other men! |
[01:07.040] | I looked everywhere, but there was nobody, and no other footprint. |
[01:17.110] | I turned and hurried home.' There' s someone on my island,' I said to myself. |
[01:27.840] | ' Perhaps he knows about me Perhaps he' s watching me now from behind a tree |
[01:37.240] | Perhaps he wants to kill me.' |
[01:43.460] | That night I couldn' t sleep. |
[01:47.080] | The next day I got all my guns ready |
[01:51.730] | And I put more wood and young trees around my house. |
[01:57.190] | Nobody could see me now. |
[02:00.700] | But, after fifteen years alone on the island, I was afraid, |
[02:07.460] | And I did not leave my cave for three days. |
[02:13.180] | In the end, I had to go out to milk my goats. |
[02:18.800] | But for two years I was afraid. I stayed near my home |
[02:25.830] | And I never used my guns because I didn' t want to make a noise. |
[02:32.590] | I could not forget the footprint, but I saw and heard nothing more, |
[02:40.970] | And slowly I began to feel happier. |
[02:46.530] | One day, a year later, I was over on the west side of the island. |
[02:55.880] | From there I could see the other islands, and I could also see a boat, far out to sea. |
[03:05.250] | ' If you have a boat,' I thought,' it' s easy to sail across to this island. |
[03:14.580] | Perhaps that explains the footprint it was a visitor from one of the other islands.' |
[03:24.370] | I began to move more freely around the island again, and built myself a third house. |
[03:33.330] | It was a very secret place in a cave.' No wild man will ever find that,' I said to myself. |
[03:47.370] | Then one year something happened which I can never forget. |
[03:53.120] | I was again on the west side of the island and was walking along the shore. |
[04:01.500] | Suddenly, I saw something which made me feel ill. |
[04:07.290] | There were heads, arms, feet, and other pieces of men' s bodies everywhere. |
[04:16.320] | For a minute, I couldn' t think, and then I understood. |
[04:23.270] | Sometimes there were fights between the wild men on the other islands. |
[04:30.320] | Then they came here to my island with their prisoners, |
[04:35.860] | To kill them, cook them, and eat them. |
[04:39.310] | Slowly, I went home, but I was very angry. How could men do this? |
[04:48.890] | For many months I watched carefully for the smoke from fires, |
[04:56.730] | But I didn' t see anything. |
[04:58.880] | Somehow the wild men came and went, and I never saw them. |
[05:06.550] | I was angry and afraid. |
[05:10.850] | I wanted to shoot them all, but there were many of them and only one of me. |
[05:19.410] | ' Perhaps I can shoot two or three,' I said to myself, |
[05:27.360] | ' But then they will kill and eat me.' |
[05:33.220] | Then, one morning in my twentythird year on the island, |
[05:39.320] | I was out in my fields and I saw the smoke from a fire. |
[05:45.440] | Quickly, I went up the hill to watch. |
[05:49.380] | There were nine men around the fire, and they were cooking their terrible food. |
[05:57.430] | Then these wild men danced round the fire, singing and shouting. |
[06:03.810] | This went on for about two hours, |
[06:09.070] | and then they got into their boats and sailed away. |
[06:13.640] | I went down to the shore and saw the blood of the dead men on the sand. |
[06:21.440] | ' The next time they come, I' m going to kill them,' I said angrily. |
[00:01.930] | 6 A footprint |
[00:06.820] | Then, one year, something strange and terrible happened. |
[00:14.870] | I often walked along the shore, and one day I saw something in the sand. |
[00:22.440] | I went over to look at it more carefully, and stopped in sudden surprise. |
[00:32.150] | It was a footprint the footprint of a man! |
[00:37.910] | Who could this be? Afraid, I looked around me. |
[00:46.840] | I listened. I waited. Nothing. I was more and more afraid. |
[00:58.190] | Perhaps this man was one of those wild people who killed and ate other men! |
[01:07.040] | I looked everywhere, but there was nobody, and no other footprint. |
[01:17.110] | I turned and hurried home.' There' s someone on my island,' I said to myself. |
[01:27.840] | ' Perhaps he knows about me Perhaps he' s watching me now from behind a tree |
[01:37.240] | Perhaps he wants to kill me.' |
[01:43.460] | That night I couldn' t sleep. |
[01:47.080] | The next day I got all my guns ready |
[01:51.730] | And I put more wood and young trees around my house. |
[01:57.190] | Nobody could see me now. |
[02:00.700] | But, after fifteen years alone on the island, I was afraid, |
[02:07.460] | And I did not leave my cave for three days. |
[02:13.180] | In the end, I had to go out to milk my goats. |
[02:18.800] | But for two years I was afraid. I stayed near my home |
[02:25.830] | And I never used my guns because I didn' t want to make a noise. |
[02:32.590] | I could not forget the footprint, but I saw and heard nothing more, |
[02:40.970] | And slowly I began to feel happier. |
[02:46.530] | One day, a year later, I was over on the west side of the island. |
[02:55.880] | From there I could see the other islands, and I could also see a boat, far out to sea. |
[03:05.250] | ' If you have a boat,' I thought,' it' s easy to sail across to this island. |
[03:14.580] | Perhaps that explains the footprint it was a visitor from one of the other islands.' |
[03:24.370] | I began to move more freely around the island again, and built myself a third house. |
[03:33.330] | It was a very secret place in a cave.' No wild man will ever find that,' I said to myself. |
[03:47.370] | Then one year something happened which I can never forget. |
[03:53.120] | I was again on the west side of the island and was walking along the shore. |
[04:01.500] | Suddenly, I saw something which made me feel ill. |
[04:07.290] | There were heads, arms, feet, and other pieces of men' s bodies everywhere. |
[04:16.320] | For a minute, I couldn' t think, and then I understood. |
[04:23.270] | Sometimes there were fights between the wild men on the other islands. |
[04:30.320] | Then they came here to my island with their prisoners, |
[04:35.860] | To kill them, cook them, and eat them. |
[04:39.310] | Slowly, I went home, but I was very angry. How could men do this? |
[04:48.890] | For many months I watched carefully for the smoke from fires, |
[04:56.730] | But I didn' t see anything. |
[04:58.880] | Somehow the wild men came and went, and I never saw them. |
[05:06.550] | I was angry and afraid. |
[05:10.850] | I wanted to shoot them all, but there were many of them and only one of me. |
[05:19.410] | ' Perhaps I can shoot two or three,' I said to myself, |
[05:27.360] | ' But then they will kill and eat me.' |
[05:33.220] | Then, one morning in my twentythird year on the island, |
[05:39.320] | I was out in my fields and I saw the smoke from a fire. |
[05:45.440] | Quickly, I went up the hill to watch. |
[05:49.380] | There were nine men around the fire, and they were cooking their terrible food. |
[05:57.430] | Then these wild men danced round the fire, singing and shouting. |
[06:03.810] | This went on for about two hours, |
[06:09.070] | and then they got into their boats and sailed away. |
[06:13.640] | I went down to the shore and saw the blood of the dead men on the sand. |
[06:21.440] | ' The next time they come, I' m going to kill them,' I said angrily. |