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When one has a good tale to tell, he should try to be brief, and not say more than he can help ere he makes a fair start; so I shall not say a word of what took place on board the ship till we had been six days in a storm. The bark had gone far out of her true course, and no one on board knew where we were....
Thus opens this retelling of Swiss Family Robinson. While the story is indeed composed of words of one syllable, do not expect a dumbed-down or simplistic story. The writing is surprisingly creative, complex, and fun.
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