I stood quite still for a short time, to let the sea run back from me, and then I set off with all my might to the shore; but yet the waves caught me, and twice more did they take me back, and twice more land me on the shore.I thought the last wave would have been the death of me, for it drove me on a piece of rock with such force as to leave me in a kind of swoon.I soon regained my senses and got up to the cliffs close to the shore, where I found some grass out of the reach of the sea. There I sat down, safe on land at last.
我一动不动地站了一会儿，想让海水从我的身边流回去，之后我就全力向岸边出发；然而海浪困住了我，两次把我带回海里，又两次把我放在岸上。我以为最后一个海浪会为我带来死亡，因为它把我推到了一块岩石上，力量很大，使我昏迷不醒。我很快就恢复了知觉，爬上了靠近海岸的悬崖，在那里我发现了一些大海碰不到的草。我终于安全地在陆地上坐下了。
I felt so wrapped in joy that all I could do was to walk up and down the coast, and thank God for all that he had done for me, when the rest of the men were lost. I now cast my eyes round me, to find out what kind of place it was that I had been thus thrown in, like a bird in a storm.Then all the glee I felt at first left me; for I was wet and cold, and had no dry clothes to put on, no food to eat, and not a friend to help me.
我欣喜若狂，只能在海边走来走去，感谢上帝为我做的一切，这时其他人都不见了。我现在环顾四周，想知道我被抛到什么样的地方，我就像暴风雨中的一只鸟。我最初感受到的快乐全都消失了；因为我又湿又冷，没有干衣服穿，没有食物吃，也没有朋友能帮助我。
I feared that there might be wild beasts here, and I had no gun to shoot them with, or to keep me from their jaws.I had but a knife and a pipe.
我担心这里会有野兽，我没有枪支能够射击它们，或者挡住它们的嘴。我只有一把刀和一杆烟。
It now grew dark; and where was I to go for the night? I thought the top of some high tree would be a good place to keep me out of harm’s way; and that there I might sit and think of death, for, as yet, I had no hope of life.Well, I went to my tree and made a kind of nest to sleep in. Then I cut a stick to keep off beasts of prey, in case any should come, and fell asleep just as if the branch I lay on had been a bed of down.
现在天黑了；我要去哪度过黑夜？我认为高高的树顶是一个让我远离风险的好去处；让我坐在那里思考死亡，因为，到目前为止，我还没有活着的希望。好吧，我去树上筑巢睡觉。然后我砍了一根棍子来阻挡所有来的野兽，我睡着了，好像我躺着的枝干是一张床。
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