【导读】　《鲁滨逊漂流记》是由丹尼尔·狄福于59岁时所著的第一部小说。首次出版于1719年4月25日。这本小说被认为是第一本用英文以日记形式写成的小说，享有英国第一部现实主义长篇小说的头衔。

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　　CHAPTER 5 Learning to live alone

　　I still needed a lot of things."Well，"I said，"I'm going to have to make them."So，every day，I worked.

　　First of all，I wanted to make my cave bigger.I carried out stone from the cave，and after many days' hard work I had a large cave in the side of the hill.Then I needed a table and a chair，and that was my next job.I had to work on them for a long time.I also wanted to make places to put all my food，and all my tools and guns.But every time I wanted a piece of wood，I had to cut down a tree.It was long，slow，difficult work，and during the next months I learnt to be very clever with my tools.There was no hurry.I had all the time in the world.

　　I also went out every day，and I always had my gun with me.Sometimes I killed a wild animal，and then I had meat to eat.

　　But when it got dark，I had to go to bed because I had no light.I couldn't read or write because I couldn't see.For a long time，I didn't know what to do.But in the end，I learnt how to use the fat of dead animals to make a light.

　　The weather on my island was usually very hot，and there were often storms and heavy rain.The next June，it rained all the time，and I couldn't go out very often.I was also ill for some weeks，but slowly，I got better.When I was stronger，I began to go out again.The first time I killed a wild animal，and the second time I caught a big turtle.

　　I was on the island for ten months before I visited other parts of it.During those months I worked hard on my cave and my house and my fence.Now I was ready to find out more about the rest of the island.

First，I walked along the side of a little river.There，I found open ground without trees.Later，I came to more trees with many different fruits.I decided to take a lot of the