Crusoe-3

Crusoe soon got used to life on the island. Every morning he went hunting with his dog. He shot birds and wild goats for food. Sometimes he clambered over the cliffs looking for birds’ eggs to cook for breakfast. One day he made an exciting discovery: ripe ears of corn. Now I can make bread – he thought. He picked the ears of corn and kept the grain to sow in the spring. Every lunchtime he went home and cooked his food over a fire. He skinned the animals he had shot and dried their skins to use later. The afternoons were very hot – too hot to work. So after lunch, Crusoe climbed into a hammock he had made and snoozed. After his nap Crusoe stayed near his tent, making things. When it got dark, he wrote a diary by candlelight. Time passed quickly. So he wouldn’t lose track of it, he made notches on a pole: one notch for every day and a bigger notch on Sundays. Aha, yesterday I made a bigger notch – he might think. In that case, today must be Monday.