Transcripción Y Traducción Robinson Crusoe

Chapter 1 - I leave home
My name is Robinson Crusoe. A lot of people know my name, but they only know about some of my adventures. They do not know my life story, and that is why I am writing it now.
I was born in England, in the city of York, in 1632. We were not rich, and we were not poor. We were somewhere in the middle. No one in my family sailed or liked the sea, but I was only interestedin sailing. My father did not like the idea.
"Father, I want to go to sea. I want to see the world and live a life of adventure."
"It's better to stay here where there are no dangers."
"But everything is dangerous. I can get hurt here, too."
"Son, the men who go to sea have hard lives. They think it's going to be an adventure, and it becomes something worse. If you go to sea, you will beunhappy."
I did not want my father to be angry. My mother understood, so I talked to her about my ideas.
"Mother, I'm eighteen years old! If I don't like my life at sea, I can come back. I don't understand why father doesn't want me to go."
"Your father believes you will be happy here. He can help you find a job. You can make money."
"I can make money at sea. I don't understand his ideas. I mightbecome rich and famous, but I won't if I stay here and do the same things everyone else is doing. Mother, can you
talk to father? Can you make him understand?"
My mother talked to my father, but he only became more angry.
"Robinson, I told you, ifyou leave this house and become a sailor, you will be the most unhappy person on earth. I will not help you, and you cannot live on your own."
"Yourfather's right, dear."
"He's not! I'll do what I want, and you will see! I'll be rich. I'll see the world!"
I went to sea and left my parents. I remembered my father's words, and some of the things he said began to come true.


Chapter 2 - The Storm
My father was right. I never had any luck at sea. The first ship I sailed on sank in a storm. Pirates attacked the next one, and I became aslave. I escaped from the pirates' ship, and a friendly captain from Portugal took me with him to Brazil. In Brazil, I made money and I bought some land. But something made me go back to sea. Friends wanted me to sail to Guinea to help them find slaves. I said yes, but only because I loved sailing so much.
The day we left Brazil was a beautiful sunny day. There weren't any clouds in the sky, and Icould smell the salt from the sea. I was very excited. Then I remembered something.
"What's the date today?"
"It's the first of September. Why? What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I ...just don't like this day."
It was September 1st, 1659. I first left home on exactly the same day only eight years ago. I felt that something bad was going to happen to me.
For many days, the weather was perfect. The men sangon board, and everyone was happy. Most of the men asked me about slaves.
"How can you buy a slave?"
"You give coins, sugar, rum, generally small things, to the leader of his tribe."
"And the slave leaves with you?"
"He has to."
"What about you, Crusoe? They say you have bad luck at sea. Why did you leave Brazil? Maybe you'll die in a storm."
I didn't like this man. He only had one eye andvery few teeth. But 1 answered him.
"I thought ofthat. My friends in Brazil can take care ofmy land. If I die, a friend in Portugal will take my money."
Soon after that, there was a storm. The sky was black and there was a flash of lightning. Huge waves came over the side of the ship. We were close to an island, so we got into a smaller boat and tried to get to the shore. The waves were too bigfor us.
"Keep her steady!"
"We can't hold her!"
"Look out, we're going under."
A wave as big as a large hill threw the men from the boat, and we were all underwater. I swam as fast as I could. More waves threw me towards the shore. It was difficult to come up for air. Finally, I felt a rock under my feet. I held onto that tightly. When I got to the beach, I saw that I was all alone. There was...