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2 南下非洲海岸

Chapter 2 Down the coast of Africa

For two long years I lived the life of a slave. I worked in the house and the garden, and every day I planned to escape, but it was never possible.

I thought about it day and night. My master liked to go fishing in a little boat, and he always took me with him.

A man called Moely, and a young boy also went with us. One day my master said to us, 'Some of my friends want to go fishing tomorrow. Get the boat ready. '

So we put a lot of food and drink on the boat, and the next morning, we waited for my master and his friends. But when my master arrived, he was alone.

'My friends don't want to go fishing today, ' he said to me. 'But you go with Moely and the boy, and catch some fish for our supper tonight. '

'Yes, master, ' I answered quietly, but inside I was excited. 'Perhaps now I can escape, ' I said to myself.

My master went back to his friends and we took the boat out to sea. For a time we fished quietly, and then I moved carefully behind Moely and knocked him into the water.

'Swim! ' I cried. 'Swim to the shore! ' My master liked to shoot seabirds and so there were guns on the boat.

Quickly, I took one of these guns. Moely was swimming after the boat and I shouted to him:

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