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It was a very black night and my father could hardly see the rocks ahead of him. Sometimes they were quite high and sometimes the waves almost covered them, and they were slippery and hard to walk on. Sometimes the rocks were far apart and my father had to get a running start and leap from one to the next. IT WAS A VERY BLACK NIGHT AND MY FATHER COULD HARDLY SEE THE ROCKS AHEAD OF HIM SOMETIMES THEY WERE QUITE HIGH AND SOMETIMES THE WAVES ALMOST COVERED THEM THEN THEY WERE SLIPPERY AND HARD TO WALK ON SOMETIMES THE ROCKS WERE FAR APART AND MY FATHER HAD TO GET A RUNNING START AND LEAP FROM ONE TO THE NEXT
 to shake and couldn't talk for a long while. It scared him that much, just thinking about it. Finally he said, "Many people have tried to explore Wild Island, but not one has come back alive. We think they were eaten by the wild animals." This didn't bother my father. He kept walking and slept on the beach again that night. It was beautifully clear the next day, and way down the shore my father could see a long line of rocks leading out into the ocean, and way, way out at the end he could just see a tiny patch of green. He quickly ate seven tangerines and started down the beach. It was almost dark when he came to the rocks, but there, way out in the ocean, was the patch of green. He sat down and rested a while, remembering that the cat had said, "If you can, go out to the island at night, because then the wild animals won't see you coming along the rocks and you can hide when you get there." So my father picked seven more tangerines, put on his black rubber boots, and waited for dark. ISLAND THE FISHERMAN BEGAN TO SHAKE AND COULDN'T TALK FOR A LONG WHILE IT SCARED HIM THAT MUCH JUST THINKING ABOUT IT FINALLY HE SAID MANY PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO EXPLORE WILD ISLAND BUT NO ONE HAS COME BACK ALIVE WE THINK THEY WERE EATEN BY THE WILD ANIMALS THIS DIDN'T BOTHER MY FATHER HE KEPT WALKING AND SLEPT ON THE BEACH AGAIN THAT NIGHT IT WAS BEAUTIFULLY CLEAR THE NEXT DAY AND WAY DOWN TO THE SHORE MY FATHER COULD SEE A LONG LINE OF ROCKS LEADING OUT INTO THE OCEAN AND WAY WAY OUT AT THE END HE COULD JUST SEE A TINY PATCH OF GREEN HE QUICKLY ATE SEVEN TANGERINES AND STARTED DOWN THE BEACH IT WAS ALMOST DARK WHEN HE CAME TO THE ROCKS BUT THERE WAY OUT IN THE OCEAN WAS THE PATCH OF GREEN HE SAT DOWN AND RESTED FOR A WHILE REMEMBERING THAT THE CAT HAD SAID IF YOU CAN GO OUT TO THE ISLAND THAT NIGHT BECAUSE THEN THE WILD ANIMALS WON'T SEE YOU COMING ALONG THE ROCKS YOU CAN HIDE WHEN YOU GET THERE SO MY FATHER PICKED SEVEN MORE TANGERINES PUT ON HIS BLACK RUBBER BOOTS AND WAITED FOR DARK
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