The Coral Island (Puffin Classics)

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Never,” I replied. “It appears to me like fairy realms. I can scarcely believe that we are not dreaming.”

Roving has always been, and still is, my ruling passion, the joy of my heart, the very sunshine of my existence. In childhood, in boyhood, and in man’s estate I have been a rover; not a mere rambler among the woody glens and upon the hill-tops of my own native land, but an enthusiastic rover throughout the length and breadth of the wide, wide world. What good will that do us?” said Peterkin. “There’s wood enough on the island to make a thousand oars.”

It was beginning to grow dark when we returned to our encampment; so we put off our visit to the top of a hill till next day, and employed the light that yet remained to us in cutting down a quantity of boughs and the broad leaves of a tree of which none of us knew the name. With these we erected a sort of rustic bower, in which we meant to pass the night. There was no absolute necessity for this, because the air of our island was so genial and balmy that we could have slept quite well without any shelter; but we were so little used to sleeping in the open air that we did not quite relish the idea of lying down without any covering over us. Besides, our bower would shelter us from the night-dews or rain, if any should happen to fall. Having strewed the floor with leaves and dry grass, we bethought ourselves of supper. In a few minutes we were all three pushing through the underwood of the forest, headed by Peterkin. Robert Louis Stevenson's 1882 novel Treasure Island was in part inspired by The Coral Island, [64] which he admired for its "better qualities", [6] as was J. M. Barrie's character Peter Pan; both Stevenson and Barrie had been "fervent boy readers" of the novel. [65] Novelist G. A. Henty was also influenced by Ballantyne's audience-friendly method of didactism. [23] Mind your eye!” he shouted eagerly; “there goes another!” The words were scarcely out of his mouth when there came up a spout from another hole, which served us exactly in the same manner as before. Not ready for your Coral Island adventure to end? The island has its own resort, and guests can reserve a room for as little as 1,250 baht per night during the non-peak travel months of the year. Coral Island Resort is an expansive property and is actually the only lodging option on the island. At Coral Island Resort, visitors receive the royal treatment and plenty of amenities to make their stay restful and memorable.

We had, up to this time, been in the habit of going to bed with the sun, as we had no pressing call to work o’ nights; and, indeed, our work during the day was usually hard enough—what between fishing, and improving our bower, and diving in the Water Garden, and rambling in the woods—so that when night came we were usually very glad to retire to our beds. But now that we had a desire to work at night, we felt a wish for candles. a b Cox, Michael; Riches, Christopher (2012), "Ballantyne, R. M. [Robert Michael Ballantyne] (1825–1894) Scottish novelist", A Dictionary of Writers and their Works (onlineed.), Oxford University Press, doi: 10.1093/acref/9780199585052.001.0001, ISBN 9780199585052Lion Fish– An imposing fish with beautiful stripes and an imperial presence in the ocean, the lion fish is fun to watch swimming below the surface of the water. Herzberg, Max J. (1915), "Supplementary Reading for High-School Pupils", English Journal, 4 (6): 373–382, doi: 10.2307/801636, JSTOR 801636 Ballantyne, R. M. (2004) [1893], Personal Reminiscences in Book Making, Kessinger Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4191-4102-7 The pole which Peterkin had cut was full twelve feet long, being a very strong but light and tough young tree, which merely required thinning at the butt to be a serviceable weapon.