The man of the island

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The man of the island

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. B6 K2 ]3 L# u8 C, lBut 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.



+ D; C4 N. I. O' yI 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.

' L3 t4 l4 `+ y1 r9 H$ c8 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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. c, n1 N0 r) u" K! F‘Were you shipwrecked?’I asked.

‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’
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( m3 \; Y2 j" G: k( TI 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.

# |+ N" N. }8 H% L6 M2 j, c‘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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( w5 F* g0 m) y1 ~5 Q( y& l‘If I can get on board ship again, ’I saidInteractive whiteboard, ‘you can have as much cheese as you want.’

7 Z4 L% _5 X4 F6 |- M‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.
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1 L0 O% R3 {% F! q‘Jim,’I told him.
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4 r8 i: V* z, ]2 C0 c) N‘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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' j' v1 t  @1 j' I5 wI 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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‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.

- O" x  ]" O$ L/ b1 l; P% o‘Silver?’I asked.

& i6 e- p5 k1 N0 r$ ~1 g0 K‘Yes ,Silver,’he said,‘that was his name.’
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. z0 h2 G% ?. \) [7 Y7 G! F0 D. b‘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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/ f! O5 H$ ^/ j2 Y; T' e6 k, z‘I'm sure he will,’I said.
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‘And take me home on your ship?’
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& y/ ^* w" `0 ?4 ?‘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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