The man of the island

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The man of the island
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The man of the island
8 z  d9 K* A4 ], ^* ?$ s; QBut 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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6 J2 l) C* d, a  @9 y4 _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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‘Who are you ?I asked, staring at him.
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7 D1 t; [6 i0 V‘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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- Y3 y" T6 j$ N; z+ f, \  f  }‘Were you shipwrecked?’I asked.
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! b) V4 P- r, |/ F8 M( n‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’
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0 v4 \0 B4 z, 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.

‘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.’

/ ?+ w- n( `, D6 j0 Y" b‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.

# w' s/ o2 D4 Q7 ]+ ]4 c1 ^‘Jim,’I told him.

. [9 R3 }' {/ W9 Q) E+ T‘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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0 j. l  d! E! d% Q‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.
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) W& w* {6 P1 |' b$ a! V8 X; ^& O‘Silver?’I asked.
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‘Yes ,Silver,’he said,‘that was his name.’
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1 [, ^- q: s. t; c6 }. A‘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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, c3 ~# h$ e, s9 m$ p: {‘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.

‘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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