The man of the island

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The man of the island
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The man of the island
( X! J. N7 l% Z& EBut 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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‘Who are you ?I asked, staring at him.
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8 {; u( g/ t8 \‘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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4 t: W8 f/ e) J. U$ _7 A2 c‘Were you shipwrecked?’I asked.
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‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’
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% N5 F& {& T' \3 lI 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.

$ Y% Q/ H! ?6 U) }" ~6 b: p; d, m‘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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% K" m) [$ z* i8 }‘If I can get on board ship again, ’I saidInteractive whiteboard, ‘you can have as much cheese as you want.’
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+ ~1 k! y. R4 ]* A' R7 j5 c+ M‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.

8 I4 {# v+ _5 W8 s‘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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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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/ J  ?; {  j1 f- F5 u, d" W5 `: g‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.

9 e7 |5 _2 d2 b$ {! \# {‘Silver?’I asked.

4 p1 f' G4 _8 z! L! c- I5 |: \2 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.


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7 M4 L  ^+ M6 ]" M, B, Z‘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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4 y+ P  y5 k3 G+ D, I‘I'm sure he will,’I said.
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7 @* [& y3 U% Q  J8 d‘And take me home on your ship?’

* K, f& l9 c, Q7 @3 G2 {‘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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