First, I was amazed how the creature got thither; and then, how he should just keep about the place, and nowhere else; but as I was well satisfied it could be nobody but honest Poll, I got over it; and holding out my hand, and calling him by his name, “Poll,” the sociable creature came to me, and sat upon my thumb, as he used to do, and continued talking to me, “Poor Robin Crusoe! and how did I come here? and where had I been?” just as if he had been overjoyed to see me again; and so I carried him home along with me.
En primer lugar, me asombraba que hubiese podido llegar hasta allí y, luego, que se quedara en ese sitio y no en otro. Mas como ya sabía que no podía ser otro que mi fiel Poll, me tranquilicé y, extendiendo la mano, lo llamé por su nombre, Poll, y la amistosa criatura, se me acercó, se apoyó en mi pulgar y, como de costumbre, acercó el pico a mi rostro y continuó hablando conmigo: «Pobre Robinson Crusoe.