Occasional conflicts popped up, inevitably, but they settled these by sentencing the fighting pair to a “time-out”—which always ended with them calming down and ready to return to the group. One of the boys, Stephen, fell off a cliff, breaking his leg. The others set his leg so that it healed perfectly and took care of him so long as he needed.
They did eventually wise up and decide they wanted to get off the island. They tried unsuccessfully to launch a raft. Finally, an Australian ship happened to pass by, spotted their signal fire, then came close enough to spy Stephen, naked on the beach. This captain completely disbelieved their story about how they got there, but when he returned the boys to the mainland, he learned it was true. The country rejoiced at the miracle of the returned boys. And also arrested them, for stealing that boat the previous year.
Seriously. But the captain helped get them out of that fix, by offering the original owner of that boat a share in the proceeds from selling the movie rights to the story.
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