APRIL 25. Even the morning air is sultry today. I would have fished for my breakfast last night before sunset, but I knew that i
t would surely spoil before morning. Drinking my water warm has taken some getting used to. It’s funny how we take certain things like ice for granted. If I become desperate I can always resort to eating the freeze dried rations, but that defeats my purpose for being here to begin with. Besides, they are about as edible as the tough, dry bark in a long dead tree. I think I have almost learned to track the time by the rays of the sun. Time, like water, seems to sit in a pot unable to boil if your eye isn’t constantly on it. Time seems to be the only thing that man hasn’t learned to control; but I am sure some genius like Fred Johnson is currently working on it, while sitting in a cubicle checking the four thousand emails on his Palm Pilot. As for me, I think I will lean back on this dune and nap a while before I head out to catch some lunch. The speaker probably
A) wants to find help.
B) worked in an office.
C) explores islands for a living.
D) wants to live on the island permanently.
The speaker probably worked in an office. Even though the title is 'Stranded'-notice that he has provisions for the trip, yet he wants to live off the land. He also speaks of Johnson as though he once worked with him.
