The man of the island

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The man of the island

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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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$ d. F! V; J. P2 X" qI 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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‘Who are you ?I asked, staring at him.
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  ~( d1 |% t7 S0 c$ Z; N‘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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‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’

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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‘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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‘If I can get on board ship again, ’I saidInteractive whiteboard, ‘you can have as much cheese as you want.’
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  ~: Z. w# y& Z+ P/ a7 J% g- d‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.

‘Jim,’I told him.
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. k2 T& t$ H0 }! ~" j+ s‘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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I 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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* [# ~( y9 ?5 Y; R6 [0 ^‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.

‘Silver?’I asked.
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+ E$ R* D0 g+ D6 E) ^. K! I% \‘Yes ,Silver,’he said,‘that was his name.’

‘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.



) V6 q5 p9 R* D- R' H4 y0 l‘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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' H0 M; m1 l) p: l& ~* W! F+ t‘I'm sure he will,’I said.

0 o- e9 s% f, t1 P; G‘And take me home on your ship?’
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, v$ h- _9 ]# A‘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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