My father was German, but he worked in England. He married my mother, who was English. Her family name was Robinson, they called me Robinson, after her.
My father did well in his business and I went to a good school. He wanted me to get a good job, and live a quiet, pleasant life. But I wanted adventure and an exciting life.
"I want to be a sailor and go to sea", I told my mother and father. They were very unhappy about this.
"Please don't go." my father said, "You won't be happy you know. Sailors have a difficult and dangerous life." And because I loved him, and he was unhappy
But I couldn't forget, and about a year later, I saw a friend in town. His father had a ship and my friend said to me
On September 1, 1651, I went to Hull and the next day we sailed for London.
But, a few days later, there was a strong wind. The sea was rough and dangerous, up and down. I was very ill, and was very afraid.
"Oh, I don't want to die!" I cried, "I want to live! If I live
The next day the wind stopped, and the sea was quiet and beautiful again.
"Well, Robinson, " my friend laughed
"What!" I cried. "It was a terrible storm."
"Oh, that wasn't a storm, " my friend answered, come and have a drink."
After a few drinks with my friend, I felt better. I forgot about the danger, and made up my mind not to go home. I didn't want my friend and family to laugh at
I stayed in London for some time, but I still wanted to go to the sea. So, when the captain of a ship asked me to go with him to Guinea in Africa
It was a good ship, and everything went well at first, but I was very ill again. Then when we were near the Canary Islands(海盗) ship came after us. They were famous thieves of the sea at that time. There was a long, hard fight, we and the ship were prisoners. The Turkish captain and his men took us to Sallee in Morocco. They wanted to sell us as slaves (奴隶) in the market. But in the end, and took me home with him. This was a sudden and terrible change in my life.
a. Robinson drank with his friend.
b. A long and hard fight happened.
c. The Turkish captain took Robinson home.
d. A captain asked Robinson to go with him to Guinea.
e. One of Robinson's friends invited him to sail to London.