The man of the island

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The man of the island

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3 k- Q5 ]" t+ U0 Z. T2 uBut 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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4 b! {- P& D6 }9 [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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9 K, T  g& ?5 p: B( N# q  W‘Who are you ?I asked, staring at him.
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) `; t/ i) z) l. m9 E' T/ Q* u$ h‘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.

" H0 S# {/ h" o‘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.

5 k7 m. ~) v% M' }+ s5 O‘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.’
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9 C/ E; }, C5 e7 p0 O( z" U/ r) {‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.
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‘Jim,’I told him.

* b' e3 k) H# T7 p; }2 b) Z+ ?# v! R‘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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+ a: }+ d$ u: B2 e6 \! @- @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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2 Y+ d% a% |* T  ?. `‘Silver?’I asked.

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

  s5 \! `% Y2 X‘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 X% U2 y: i2 s/ t/ D5 ^‘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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  h3 I9 y0 a' K7 d6 i3 Z‘I'm sure he will,’I said.

‘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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