My name is Robinson Crusoe. I was born in York, in England, in 1632. My father was a rich man. He wanted me to stay at home and be a lawyer. But I wanted to go to sea. Stay here, my father said. The sea is dangerous. You can have a good, quiet life at home. I did not listen to him. When I was nineteen, I went to the port of Hull and got on a ship. On the second day a big storm came. The wind was very loud and the waves were very high. I was afraid, and I was sick. I said to myself, if I live, I will go home to my father. But the storm stopped, and the sun came out, and I forgot my promise.