The man of the island

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The man of the island

The man of the island
. a& `2 r2 C& g+ k- O: w/ bBut 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.



; }7 g1 p1 ?! }) R4 u8 K, c$ |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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& V( n% B, R- F- C5 X. ^‘Who are you ?I asked, staring at him.
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. {0 @, ]2 c' g# p2 f% E‘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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8 V. w) l1 A" ]+ ]+ T) V‘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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0 d$ w/ b4 d$ [% y2 n‘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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, g# q, F2 c0 U/ Z1 j‘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.
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‘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?’



2 u1 V; @; \& k! c* r! iI 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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, K2 M# Q' h2 S/ r‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.

( c* U5 z$ l- t‘Silver?’I asked.

  a9 R) A$ G% F( y/ X‘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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( L: J) R5 u1 K. p" Z7 D/ ?) a, Q0 U‘I'm sure he will,’I said.
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‘And take me home on your ship?’

& _" j. s: q8 O. j5 @! _‘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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