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Charles and The Mysterious Island
Charles Bailey was sailing on his ship on his way home from an adventure but got thrown back and forth by the huge waves. He got shipwrecked on a small island with fruit trees, vegetation, and animals all over. The island looked too good to be true. It appeared as though not a single soul was there. Charles built a hammock with some large palm tree leaves. Meanwhile, unknown to him, he was being watched, but the question was by who? He was about to grab a peach off one of the trees when suddenly, he heard a rustling sound in the bushes, and noises coming from the shore. “I feel as though someone is watching me,” Charles mumbled to himself as he glanced around uneasily. Through all the vegetation he could not see anyone or anything moving around except the animals. “Must have been an animal walking around. I probably just have too much sea water in my ears,” Charles said under his breath. Just then, a weird man in ragged clothes and wearing a pirate hat jumped out of the bushes.
“I wouldn’t be too sure about that if I were you, mate. Rumor has it, there be some sort of water creatures round here, and anyone who dares touch their food or animals ends up missing. Most wrecked on this island don’t survive to tell the tale, cept for me. I been stranded here for so long I lost count and been eating nothing but the fish I catch with me pole. Strange things come out of that water, but I ain’t never stuck around to see what they are,” The man said.
“Fairy tales, nothing to worry about. These water people are in your imagination! You have been stranded for far too long. Also, what is with your clothes and the way you speak, are you a pirate or something?” Charles asked.
“Aye, a pirate I be. Me and me crew washed up on this forsaken shore years ago, and they all be gone but me. There is one other rumor about this island. They say somewhere in the heart of the island there be a fountain of youth where one can be young forever if one touches the water. I been there and seen it with me own eyes, but rumor has it something terrible will happen if you dare touch the waters,” The strange man said.
“I thought there were no pirates left! I have heard about the fountain, and would like to see it myself, so could you help me?” Charles asked.
“Careful mate, we...
“I wouldn’t be too sure about that if I were you, mate. Rumor has it, there be some sort of water creatures round here, and anyone who dares touch their food or animals ends up missing. Most wrecked on this island don’t survive to tell the tale, cept for me. I been stranded here for so long I lost count and been eating nothing but the fish I catch with me pole. Strange things come out of that water, but I ain’t never stuck around to see what they are,” The man said.
“Fairy tales, nothing to worry about. These water people are in your imagination! You have been stranded for far too long. Also, what is with your clothes and the way you speak, are you a pirate or something?” Charles asked.
“Aye, a pirate I be. Me and me crew washed up on this forsaken shore years ago, and they all be gone but me. There is one other rumor about this island. They say somewhere in the heart of the island there be a fountain of youth where one can be young forever if one touches the water. I been there and seen it with me own eyes, but rumor has it something terrible will happen if you dare touch the waters,” The strange man said.
“I thought there were no pirates left! I have heard about the fountain, and would like to see it myself, so could you help me?” Charles asked.
“Careful mate, we...
