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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. f/ O% y( k+ ?8 JI 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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7 A1 x$ F( U/ O‘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.’



: Q. U# h/ s% J‘Were you shipwrecked?’I asked.
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1 |* b6 {5 {; D& Z! o‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’
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, f, h* }+ E: B( Z& _" C( V. D% E+ OI 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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0 t# r: Q. a( x! ^‘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.’



‘If I can get on board ship again, ’I saidInteractive whiteboard, ‘you can have as much cheese as you want.’

& Y) F! L- p, r. N& x0 g‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.
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3 v" K# H! A* A! ?‘Jim,’I told him.

) h! I5 i& W5 }# }1 i  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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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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; P9 Z5 n4 |9 x" {‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.
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7 K' L9 J) s* V2 m% H‘Silver?’I asked.
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‘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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‘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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; D; m' P. K! V0 {) @‘I'm sure he will,’I said.
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‘And take me home on your ship?’

( I1 H2 T7 H5 O4 l/ q‘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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