The man of the island

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The man of the island

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/ o8 J' Y+ n3 K! N& x' M2 j2 x' ZBut 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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3 O, U7 z4 z) @- F5 }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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4 k4 c. @  C" d: z& \‘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.
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/ X& |5 P" v# _/ ]1 ^; ]‘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.

# i2 a" e* L, P‘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.’

5 F) Y& ?$ S4 k* z‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.

‘Jim,’I told him.

‘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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2 @, N* D% l! L4 E& |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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! p& C# t) H4 F  a! z8 T$ p‘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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( k/ V. r& i5 m$ ]4 v‘I'm sure he will,’I said.

6 o5 v2 ~3 f6 y. ~% @* P  y# w‘And take me home on your ship?’

‘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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