I wanted people, a friend, somebody to talk to somebody who could help me escape from my island. One morning woke up and made a plan. I'll try to catch one of the prisoners of the wild men,' I said to myself He'll be happy to be alive and perhaps he'll help me to escape. I watched day and night, but for a year and a half there were no boats Then one day five boats came. There were about thirty men and they had two prisoners. They made their fire on the sand and danced round it. Then they killed one ofthe prisoners and began to cook their terrible meal. The second prisoner waited under the trees, with two men to watch him. Suddenly, the prisoner turned and ran. The two men ran after him, but the other wild men were busy round the fire and did not see what was happening The prisoner ran like a wild goat, and soon I saw that he was coming near the bottom of my hill. As fast as I could, I ran down the hill and jumped out of the trees between the prisoner and the two wild men Ihitthe man with the wooden end of my gun and he fell down, but I had to shoot the second man.The poor prisoner did not move. He was afraid of the noise of my gun. I called to him and tried to show him that I was friendly. Slowly, he moved nearer to me, but just then the first wild man began to get up from the ground. Then the prisoner spoke and I understood that he wanted my