The man of the island

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The man of the island
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1 X. t8 K2 ]+ j& V# Z& }7 `3 i/ hThe man of the island
" Y* T! g0 I7 @; Z0 `4 IBut 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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0 V/ ^, J# J( u1 J$ xI 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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! a/ z+ Z* E) A0 h5 e‘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.’



* X2 q1 c( d' B5 {‘Were you shipwrecked?’I asked.

8 v1 y$ Q8 Q, I- A$ H‘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.

‘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.’

& m& N0 V$ Z. `) K0 C: k; a‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.

% O# W' G3 f9 d‘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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% h1 b( s! H8 nI 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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, N/ [+ \8 [0 G: a: ^‘Silver?’I asked.

‘Yes ,Silver,’he said,‘that was his name.’

: T/ G7 a" Y6 \$ Y‘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.

; w$ y" l7 R8 _8 ~- k' F‘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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