Woman on an island, day 20

I start walking gingerly on the leg, a little bit further after each rest break I take. I find a few banana trees late in the afternoon and with a little bit of luck and some effort, I manage to bring down a whole bunch! I sit under the banana tree, eating happily. I stare at the ocean...it seems to be... bubbling! I reach for my spear to get up and head back to camp with all haste when something tells me to sit down and wait. It's not long when I see something coming out of the water on to the beach...turtles! Hundreds of them! Their coming to lay eggs! I sit and look at this amazing spectacle of nature for what seems like hours. A though crosses my mind of taking a egg or two but my concious quickly stops me. I thought I knew everything about life and experienced everything it could throw at me but after twenty three years I've just seen something totally new. I sit on the beach till the very last turtle disappears under the moonlit waves. I walk back home slowly along the beach, deep in thought. Maybe I had to come to this island and nearly die, to start living...