The man of the island

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The man of the island
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" [8 s' W6 K4 H3 @+ U  @* vThe man of the island
5 F, A5 S0 |4 B1 ?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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- x% J2 S+ q: q! m5 b- E( [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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, @$ ?' C3 A8 c$ }" ^+ R, N‘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.’
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) }& E6 j# U8 h/ F1 E" q‘Were you shipwrecked?’I asked.

* ^# Z1 I/ h2 R2 _4 U2 n‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’

0 S5 A3 ]  b. t! f" QI 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.

6 R( }) P. _" {) m& U9 ^. h‘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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4 o7 Q2 |' h/ Z; ~‘If I can get on board ship again, ’I saidInteractive whiteboard, ‘you can have as much cheese as you want.’
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‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.

& s6 q  g$ B& T  p; O‘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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‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.
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+ k, B: V& n  {; p‘Silver?’I asked.
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2 A8 J4 W: j9 Q‘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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, x3 `) P" u& L/ g; ?% j  ?: |‘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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‘I'm sure he will,’I said.
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‘And take me home on your ship?’

' O; p' @! k  [! m6 u‘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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