La isla misteriosa Page #4

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lt must have been the wrong bay.

But still...

Harbert!

Exactly like Nab said.

He's moving!

But it is daylight.

l was asleep.

But l have fallen into the sea?

Or is it...

lsland or mainland? - Good question.

How did you survive?

lf l only knew...

l fell into the water...

l don't know what happened afterwards.

Do you feel alright?

Much better.

Strange l feel much better but...

l feel like l'm drugged.

l feel paralysed.

l don't know if it is just a dream or if l'm awake.

l think it's getting better now.

Everything was just a dream.

You didn't answer my question. - What question?

lsland or mainland?

That's our smallest problem.

The question is extremely important!

Maybe you are right. But we don't know.

lf it is an island than it is the biggest l have seen.

An island is an island.

You need a boat in order to get away from it.

Mr. Smith will build one for us.

Just a lousy boat? Why not a steamboat?

lf he thinks that would be the right way.

l must admit we are pretty helpless.

Since we don't have any provisions

we've only had some shells.

And we had to eat them raw since we have no fire.

lt is hard to say but our situation is hopelesss.

lf nothing happens we're going to starve.

Sarcasm.

Somebody thinks he is going to die

and winds up his clock very carefully.

That's silly. lt's a bad habit.

lt still has got Richmond time.

Don't change it! lt could proove valuable some day.

Mine is probably still in my pocket.

But l bet it doesn't work anymore.

Just as l said.

- Right now it is not so important

to know the right time anyway.

Would you borrow me your clock Mr. Spilett?

Of course.

May l open you some shells?

l really like shells. But only boiled.

Do you have matches?

- No Pencroff.

- A lighter?

- No Pencroff!

- And still you are going to make fire?

Yes Pencroff.

But why do you need clocks for starting a fire?

But of course you need clocks!

Can l help you Mr. Smith?

No thank you Harbert.

l'm my old self again.

- Well since Mr. Smith doesn't need our help we

could as well look for something to eat.

We'll find something.

l think l will go with the others.

Have good sport.

Well then good bye.

Good bye.

Hope is something wonderful.

lt replaces a princely meal.

We'll start up there.

l have crossed the seven seas!

l have been cast away two times!

But starting a fire with a clock?

Mr. Smith can do it.

The damn jungle!

Are these thorns poisonous?

No. lt's just acace roots.

Over there!

What a feast!

But how are we going to catch them?

l've got an idea. Come!

That'll work.

Try to get some worms.

Worms? - Yes.

Do you want to bait them like fish?

Something like that.

Quiet!

We've got them in a second!

l've already attached the hooks.

The hooks are made of thorns.

We just have to put on the bait.

Nab!

What is that?

Salt? - No. Salt tastes differently.

Mr. Smith will know what it is.

Hooray we've got them!

Top stop it!

That was a masterpiece!

That's going to be a feast!

Look!

Well done!

Look over there!

Let me tell you something Harbert:

Mr. Smith is a genious.

The luck seems to be turning.

lf it stays like that

we can make it for quite some time.

Even without pipe and tobacco.

Yes. As long as we can find something to eat.

That's the department of Mr. Smith.

l'm neither a hunter nor a fisherman.

And l haven't got a clue of botany.

- Whoever can make a fire

with 2 clocks and water can do anything!

But that's simple. You simply take two glasses and

water to form a convex lens.

That's an amusing physician joke.

Harbert has probably learned that already in school.

Of course Sir but l didn't think of it.

And l wouldn't have thought

to catch ducks with fishhooks.

On the ship we used to catch mermaids.

Hold it. - But still.

l'm convinced that sooner or later we will get out of

this situation.

Each one of us has its special talent

which will help us to survive.

As far as l am concerned l must say

that all of my talents are useless here.

All l can is to waste 300 words

on a story which isn't worth 3.

There you have it:

there are always situations

where the reporter is inferior

to a scientist or a craftsman.

- That's not true.

l still remember your travelogues about the indians.

You are the only one who has got what we need:

personal experience with the primitive life.

And that's priceless.

But ''primitive'' is a relative term.

Of course l know how they make bow and arrow

but don't forget the indians

were way better off than we are.

They had tools we don't even have a knife.

- l used to work at a blacksmiths.

lf l had iron ore l could make one.

But we do have iron!

Top's collar!

Good Top! Give us your collar.

That'll be a good knife.

Actually l have never thought about it.

But a knife is a useful thing.

You can built a new world with it.

What are you doing Mr. Smith?

That's Pencroff's hankerchief.

l have torn it apart and soak it in sulfur.

By the way:
what Spilett found was saltpeter.

When it has dried it makes a real good firestarter.

That means we will have fire at any time.

And if you put little sticks in it you even got matches.

But what if we run out of sulfur?

We've got sulfur for the next 100000 years.

Hurry up Mr. Spilett. We're waiting for you.

Do you still want to find out whether this is an island?

- l'm not an expert as you are.

l really had to tamper with this little sucker.

l forgot to fix the trap.

So he ran away with it.

l think l need to learn a lot

before l become a good trapper.

- Stop cheapen yourself!

l think everybody does a good job here.

A boar has to hang.

- Our pantry is filled up.

- Let's go.

But to be honest l'm missing tobacco.

Listen to the song of the Nautilus.

lt defies even the worst storms even if it has to dive.

Well Nab?

What are you thinking Mr. Smith?

Wouldn't it be better to let us know?

Probably Spilett.

l'm asking myself how l could survive.

l've been thinking it over and over but l can't find an

answer.

l wonder if somebody helped me.

But that makes it even more mysterious.

Mine were the only footprints in the bay.

l've been to the same places where Nab was.

l'm convinced that he was in that cave

but you weren't there at that time.

The only explanation would be

that l was somewhere in the rocks.

Somehow l must have climbed down.

Without knowing.

- No. Nobody would have survived an impact on the

rocks.

l know. - But let's assume you survived.

Where are your wounds?

And your clothes must have been torn apart.

Yes of course.

l'm completely baffled.

That's a pretty steep hill.

Yes.

Don't lag behind!

There! There are those lights l've told you about.

What could that be?

Perhaps it's just molten lava.

lt could reflect the sunlight.

But they are moving!

Yes l see.

But it could be a deception.

l admit l have no explanation for that.

lt's funny but these lights

are always at the back of a mountain.

Doesn't it look men-made?

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