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Michael and his parents were sailing around the world. One day there was a storm. Michael and his dog, Stella, fell off the boat. They washed up on an island.
An old man, Kensuke, lived on the island. He brought Michael food. The old man had rules on his island. First, Michael was not allowed to ______11___ in the ocean. Second, Michael could not build signal fires to get the attention of passing ships.
One day, Michael saw a ship. He built a ______12______ , or simple, fire. Kensuke stomped it out, so Michael got angry. He decided to ______13____, or disobey, the old man's second rule about the ocean.
Michael didn't care about the ______14______. He went swimming. Suddenly, his whole body felt pain. A huge jellyfish had stung him very badly, and the pain ______15____ throughout his entire body. Michael woke up in the old man's cave. Kensuke was _____16____, or balanced, right about Michael's aching and _____17_____ body. The old man took care of him. He treated him tenderly. He sang him soothing songs and nursed him back to health.
Slowly Michael got better. The pain faded and he could move his head again. When he looked around the cave, he saw that it was like a house. The cave was _____18____ clean and organized. Cooking pots sat on a shelf and an _____19____ of tools hung on the wall. The cave house was ______20_____ furnished with just one table. In time, Michael could move again. He began to go fishing with Kensuke, and no longer minded waiting for another opportunity to signal a ship.