The Swiss Family Robinson Story - Chapter 2

The second chapter in the story of The Swiss Family Robinson. By break of day we were all awake and alert, for hope as well as grief is unfriendly to lengthened slumbers. When we had finished our morning prayer, I said, " We now, my best be- loved, with the assistance of Heaven, must enter upon the work of our deliverance. The first thing to bedone is to give to each poor animal on board a hearty meal. We will then put food enough before them for several days...