The man of the island

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The man of the island

The man of the island
. n0 f! ~( l: h+ u1 A5 MBut 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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/ Z9 C' q4 I, \4 lI 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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5 |, H& o. Y! o  A" E: V6 }" a‘Who are you ?I asked, staring at him.

, V: R# V* t5 j7 W1 ?‘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.

- G9 I; d3 S, ?‘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.
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‘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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" f2 ?3 u! X7 @  b$ n‘If I can get on board ship again, ’I saidInteractive whiteboard, ‘you can have as much cheese as you want.’

0 Q+ H0 L( k4 x* n" R. f‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.
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+ o" H9 }7 B( P- G& h‘Jim,’I told him.
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6 P" J3 e" d1 V' t  K+ }7 i‘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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‘Silver?’I asked.
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+ y5 m- U7 v2 k4 _, E% p‘Yes ,Silver,’he said,‘that was his name.’

/ T6 W4 G! u: n8 s! C‘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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/ ^' J7 c1 ~" U$ L‘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# G/ J9 o& ?, Q0 S9 d5 s‘I'm sure he will,’I said.
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‘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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