The man of the island

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The man of the island

The man of the island
But almost immediately I ran intoInteractive whiteboard a new danger.As I ran, I heard some small stones falling from the side of a steep hill. I stopped to look round, and saw a figure jump quickly behind a tree.Frightened, I turned back towards the boats, but the figure appeared again and moved with the speedof an animal. But it was a man, I knew that now.

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I remembered I had a pistol if I needed it, and turned back towards this man of the island. He was hiding behind another tree but stepped out to meet me.
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% ~9 E2 N' k: G; {# t4 X‘Who are you ?I asked, staring at him.

( r. V; f# R2 I3 b6 \) V9 U‘Ben Gunn ,’he answered, and his voice sounded rough andstrange .His skin was burnt nearly#x black by the sun and his clothes were made from pieces of a ship's sail.‘Poor Ben Gunn,’he went on.‘Alone for three years.’
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‘Were you shipwrecked?’I asked.
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4 g- [" X1 X* x0 q: j‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’

$ W; f  e/ Z0 B+ N6 p: a# ]I had heard the word before, and knew it meant a cruel pun－ishment often used by pirates－leaving a man alone on some distant, empty island.
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# m# V0 t1 E6 G" o, V! R3 o‘Marooned three years, he continued,‘ living on wild goats and fish. But I'm desperate for real English food. You don't have a piece of cheese, do you? Many nights I've dreamed of cheese.’


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: T4 B; k. R- F- n) X5 b, S‘If I can get on board ship again, ’I saidInteractive whiteboard, ‘you can have as much cheese as you want.’

‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.
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3 N; f4 u2 ^: \; W- g0 P‘Jim,’I told him.
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‘Well, Jim,’he said, looking around and lowering his voice to a whisper, ‘I'm rich.’I was now sure the poor man was crazy ,but he repeated his words.‘Rich, I say! Now ,DVD Ripper,Jim ,that isn't Flint's ship, is it?’


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( Q4 p$ B; [5 Z9 u, V5 `' jI began to think that I had found a friend, and I answered him at once.‘It's not Flint's ship. Flint is dead, but there are some of Flint's men aboard, and that's bad news for us.’
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  ^) A3 W; t9 B5 F& F‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.

‘Silver?’I asked.
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‘Yes ,Silver,’he said,‘that was his name.’
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" d: ]4 I( {/ T4 H* z6 K# Z  O0 U‘He's the cook, and their leader ,too.’ And I told him the whole story of our voyage, and the danger we were now in.


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‘You're in trouble, Jim,’he said when I'd finishedInteractive whiteboard.‘Well, Ben Gunn will help you. Will your squire be generous if I do, do you think? I don't want him to give me a job, but will he give me one thousand pounds out of money that's really mine?’
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: _. D/ J$ H8 W+ H, P+ A; D9 a‘I'm sure he will,’I said.

‘And take me home on your ship?’
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. y8 J6 `5 ^7 \  ^- q/ C1 L‘If we can escape from the others,’I told him#x,‘we'll need your help to get the ship home.’

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