In this strange land I am with other people <br />This land is called Ethiopia <br />We came to Ethiopia in a small Fishing boat <br />The boat run out of gas <br />The tour guide said <br />Please remain in the boat all of you <br />You don’t want to be anybody’s supper <br />In this land are crocodiles in the water <br />And there are also cannibals <br />Cannibals eat humans <br />Can we have water at least? <br />No the water is too dirty to drink <br />I know it is too hot, and we all need water <br />To keep us from dehydrating in this heat <br />I will just have to row us back to Johannesburg <br />So the tour guide rowed the boat as fast as he could <br />So the cannibals would not catch us <br />The cannibals saw as and they were running after our boat <br />They were shouting in Armaky, which is the language of South Africa <br />They had missed us <br />We had all been happy that we were safe <br />The day was almost over <br />The sun was going down <br />Soon will be night <br />By night we had arrived in Johannesburg where we started the trip <br />We went back to our hotel to sleep <br />We will never forget this adventure in a strange land called Johannesburg <br />Before going to bed we had something to eat and we drunken water <br />Our thirst was now gone <br />The night was cool and refreshing <br />The beautiful breeze that came in through our windows kept us cool From the heat of the day<br /><br />Aldo Kraas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/cast-away/
