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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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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& u2 O% \5 |8 j! J2 j‘Who are you ?I asked, staring at him.

& D+ l7 s9 x3 h) k+ H6 b1 L‘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.’



‘Were you shipwrecked?’I asked.
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  y, _- \9 p/ K‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’
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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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( ^) S8 a: [" O7 y& r‘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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+ ~# u+ e( o5 U/ j: O‘If I can get on board ship again, ’I saidInteractive whiteboard, ‘you can have as much cheese as you want.’
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. s3 v* V# Q$ z$ N‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.
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4 I- |# T& Y0 ~: }‘Jim,’I told him.
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6 q4 w$ h- d, ~! }0 r7 `# h& H‘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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‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.
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+ U4 m/ S" B) \2 @3 `9 U‘Silver?’I asked.

‘Yes ,Silver,’he said,‘that was his name.’
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‘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.
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7 x2 L  M& p& U% n/ J/ h8 d. ?, }‘And take me home on your ship?’
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$ ?4 v) t9 w) H4 E: d2 z‘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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