Scene 2: Island
The family is sitting on their homemade raft, paddling toward land. The captain's dogs are enthusiastically climbing all over Franz.
Franz: (Frantically using his cupped hand as a paddle) Paddle, Fritz, paddle! Come on, Papa! Come on Turk! Come on, Dune!
Elisabeth: Franz, be careful! Don't go falling off.
Jacqueline: And then the sharks would eat you!!
Franz: (Jumps back wildly and pulls his hand out.) There are - sharks - in this water?
Jacqueline: (Laughing at him.) Yes, I'm sure Abigail read about it in a book somewhere.
Abigail: (Shaking her head at Jaqueline) Look, Franz, we're almost there!
Laurence hops off the raft and starts dragging it onto the shore. Fritz follows. The family and dogs disembark.
Elisabeth: Now, what shall we do for a shelter tonight?
Abigail: A lean-to?
Jacqueline: There are lots of branches!
Elisabeth: (To Jacqueline) Why don't you and Franz start pulling them into a pile. Fritz, Papa, and I will build, and Abigail, why don't you start supper?
Abigail: Supper? With what?
Laurence: (Pulling a sack off the raft) Mother packed some food from the ship.
Abigail: Crackers? Dried pork?
Elisabeth: (Already dragging a branch) Heat some water and we'll make a stew.
Abigail: (Doubtfully) Alright...
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Swiss Family Robinson: A Place For All Of Us
FanfictionWhen the Robinson family is shipwrecked on a seemingly deserted island, it seems there is no way for them to escape this jail in the jungle. Fritz and Abigail, the oldest two children, miss their home back in Switzerland, and Fritz especially is an...
