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һ³±õѷƯÁ÷¼Ç1MyfirstseajourneyBeforeIbeginmystory£¬Iwouldliketotellyoualittleaboutmyself.Iwasbornintheyear1632£¬inthecityofYorkinthenorthofEngland.MyfatherwasGerman£¬buthecametoliveandworkinEngland.Soonafterthat£¬hemarriedmymother£¬whowasEnglish.HerfamilynamewasRobinson£¬so£¬whenIwasborn£¬theycalledmeRobinson£¬afterher.MyfatherdidwellinhisbusinessandIwenttoagoodschool.Hewantedmetogetagoodjobandliveaquiet£¬com-fortablelife.ButIdidn'twantthat.Iwantedadventureandanexcitinglife.¡®Iwanttobeasailorandgotosea£¬¡¯Itoldmymotherandfather.Theywereveryunhappyaboutthis.¡®Pleasedon'tgo£¬¡¯myfathersaid.¡®Youwon'tbehappy£¬youknow.Sailorshaveadifficultanddangerouslife.¡¯Andbe£causeIlovedhim£¬andhewasunhappy£¬Itriedtoforgetaboutthesea.ButIcouldn'tforget£¬andaboutayearlater£¬Isawafriendintown.Hisfatherhadaship£¬andmyfriendsaidtome£¬¡®We¡¯resailingtoLondontomorrow.Whydon'tyoucomewithus£¿¡¯Andso£¬onSeptember1st£¬1651£¬IwenttoHull£¬andthenextdaywesailedforLondon.But£¬afewdayslater£¬therewasastrongwind.Theseawasroughanddangerous£¬andtheshipwentupanddown£¬upanddown.Iwasveryill£¬andveryafraid.¡®Oh£¬Idon'twanttodie£¡¡¯Icried.¡®Iwanttolive£¡IfIlive£¬I'llgohomeandnevergotoseaagain£¡¡¯Thenextdaythewinddropped£¬andtheseawasquietandbeautifulagain.¡®Well£¬Bob£¬¡¯myfriendlaughed.¡®Howdoyoufeelnow£¿Thewindwasn'ttoobad.¡¯¡®What£¡¡¯Icried.¡®Itwasaterriblestorm.¡¯¡®Oh£¬thatwasn'tastorm£¬¡¯myfriendanswered.¡®Justalit£tlewind.Forgetit.Comeandhaveadrink.¡¯Afterafewdrinkswithmyfriend£¬Ifeltbetter.Iforgotaboutthedangeranddecidednottogohome.Ididn'twantmyfriendsandfamilytolaughatme£¡IstayedinLondonforsometime£¬butIstillwantedtogotosea.So£¬whenthecaptainofashipaskedmetogowithhimtoGuineainAfrica£¬Iagreed.AndsoIwenttoseaforthesecondtime.Itwasagoodshipandeverythingwentwellatfirst£¬butIwasveryillagain.Then£¬whenwewereneartheCanaryIs-lands£¬aTurkishpirateshipcameafterus.Theywerefamousthievesoftheseaatthattime.Therewasalong£¬hardfight£¬butwhenitfinished£¬weandtheshipwereprisoners.TheTurkishcaptainandhismentookustoSalleeinMoroc£co.Theywantedtosellusasslavesinthemarketsthere.ButintheendtheTurkishcaptaindecidedtokeepmeforhimself£¬andtookmehomewithhim.Thiswasasuddenandterriblechangeinmylife.IwasnowaslaveandthisTurkishcaptainwasmymaster.2DownthecoastofAfricaFortwolongyearsIlivedthelifeofaslave.Iworkedinescape£¬butitwasneverpossible.Ithoughtaboutitdayandnight.Mymasterlikedtogofishinginalittleboat£¬andheal-waystookmewithhim.AmancalledMoely£¬andayoungboyalsowentwithus.Onedaymymastersaidtous£¬¡®Someofmyfriendswanttogofishingtomorrow.Gettheboatready.¡¯Soweputalotoffoodanddrinkontheboat£¬andthenextmorning£¬wewaitedformymasterandhisfriends.Butwhenmymasterarrived£¬hewasalone.¡®Myfriendsdon'twanttogofishingtoday£¬¡¯hesaidtome.¡®ButyougowithMoelyandtheboy£¬andcatchsomefishforoursuppertonight.¡¯¡®Yes£¬master£¬¡¯Iansweredquietly£¬butinsideIwasexcited.¡®PerhapsnowIcanescape£¬¡¯Isaidtomyself.Mymasterwentbacktohisfriendsandwetooktheboatouttosea.Foratimewefishedquietly£¬andthenImovedcarefullybehindMoelyandknockedhimintothewater.¡®Swim£¡¡¯Icried.¡®Swimtotheshore£¡¡¯Mymasterlikedtoshootseabirdsandsothereweregunsontheboat.Quickly£¬Itookoneoftheseguns.Moelywasswim£mingaftertheboatandIshoutedtohim£ºGobacktotheshore£¡Youcanswimthere¡ªit'snottoofar.Iwon'thurtyou£¬butifyoucomeneartheboat£¬I'llshootyouthroughthehead£¡¡¯SoMoelyturned£¬andswambacktotheshoreasquicklyashecould.ThenIsaidtotheboy£¬¡®Xury£¬ifyouhelpme£¬I'llbeagoodfriendtoyou.Ifyoudon'thelpme£¬I'llpushyouintotheseatoo.¡¯ButXurywashappytohelpme.¡®I'llgoallovertheworldwithyou£¬¡¯hecried.IwantedtosailtotheCanaryIslands£¬butIwasafraidtogotoofarfromtheshore.Itwasonlyasmallboat.Andsowesailedonsouthforsomedays.Wehadverylittlewater£¬anditwasdangerouscountryhere£¬withmanywildanimals.Wewereafraid£¬butweoftenhadtogoonshoretogetmorewater.OnceIusedaguntoshootawildanimal.Idon'tknowwhatanimalitwas£¬butitmadeagoodmeal.Forabouttenortwelvedayswesailedonsouth£¬downthecoastofAfrica.Thenonedaywesawsomepeopleontheshore¡ªstrange£¬wildpeople£¬whodidnotlookfriendly.Bynowwehadverylittlefood£¬andWereallyneededhelp.wewereafraid£¬butwehadtogoonshore.Atfirst£¬theywereafraidofus£¬too.Perhapswhitepeoplenevervisitedthiscoast.Wedidnotspeaktheirlanguage£¬ofcourse£¬soweusedourhandsandfacestoshowthatwewerehungry.Theycamewithfoodforus£¬butthentheymovedawayquickly.Wecarriedthefoodtoourboat£¬andtheywatchedus.Itriedtothankthem£¬butIhadnothingtogivethem.Justthentwobigwildcatscamedowntotheshorefromthemountains.Ithinktheywereleopards.Thepeoplewereafraidofthesewildcats£¬andthewomencriedout.Quickly£¬Itookagun£¬andshotoneoftheanimals.Thesecondwildcatranbackupintothemountains.GunswerenewtotheseAfricanpeople£¬andtheywereafraidoftheloudnoiseandthesmoke.Buttheywerehappyaboutthedeadwildcat.Igavethemthemeatofthedeadanimal£¬andtheygaveusmorefoodandwater.Wenowhadalotoffoodandwater£¬andwesailedon.ElevendayslaterwecameneartheCapeVerdeIslands.Wecouldseethem£¬butwecouldn'tgetnearbecausetherewasnowind.Wewaited.SuddenlyXurycalledtome£¬¡®Look£¬aship£¡¡¯Hewasright£¡Wecalledandshouted