The man of the island

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The man of the island
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The man of the island
6 a& Y8 a1 r& B9 S, U" _/ DBut 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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* W' W+ {7 [2 u9 N; c2 V$ t. BI 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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/ F7 k3 S% i2 J- Q, ~/ m7 |1 x, V! e5 w‘Who are you ?I asked, staring at him.
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‘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.

‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’

4 X4 M3 I. f9 S$ ^; C4 ?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.

# o: b0 `  J- U% x* H/ Z‘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.’

: n- b" |1 N1 D‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.
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1 N5 ?5 x" o4 w: T! z. ~‘Jim,’I told him.

1 \4 j9 X' K' q( X8 C. Z‘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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0 A; b% B* t+ x; j% u9 UI 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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8 d( y& {4 ]% ]- S$ v; P‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.

‘Silver?’I asked.
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7 t+ j) z5 M8 W# p0 w2 t‘Yes ,Silver,’he said,‘that was his name.’
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) J9 ?3 G3 f; T‘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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‘I'm sure he will,’I said.

5 y1 r3 g: Y) d/ O- d‘And take me home on your ship?’
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‘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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