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I.
(Once writers of novels were called liars by some people, because they
made up out of their heads the stories they told. In our day we know
that there is more truth in many a novel than in most histories.
The story of Robinson Crusoe was indeed founded upon the experience of
a real man, named Alexander Selkirk, who lived seven years upon a
deserted island. Besides that, it tells more truly than has been told
in any other writing what a sensible man would do if left to care for
himself, as Crusoe was.)
1. A second storm came upon us (says Crusoe in telling his own story),
which carried us straight away westward. Early in the morning, while
the wind was still blowing very hard, one of the men cried out, "Land!"
We had no sooner run out of the cabin than the ship struck upon a
sandbar, and the sea broke over her in such a manner that we were driven
to shelter from the foam and spray.
Questions and Notes. What is peculiar about _writers, liars, know,
island, straight, foam, spray?_ (Answer. In _liars_ we have _ar,_ not
_er_. In the others, what silent letters?) Make sentences containing
_right, there, hour, no, strait, see,_ correctly used.
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