The man of the island

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The man of the island

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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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( o/ C/ k( @8 _- |* c! M$ KI 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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3 R+ c" m' f9 p  X0 H# Z/ A9 F- Q‘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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* g# E: e) ~! m  T& h‘Were you shipwrecked?’I asked.
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‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’

  w8 |# h% _0 ~7 f' Q& {+ v6 C, ~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.

3 s/ N- q4 w- O; @* D‘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 W# v) O; e% ~; H. G‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.

‘Jim,’I told him.
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3 a1 }' ^/ e; D‘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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: y$ r* ]( X. c% L, Y7 \‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.

‘Silver?’I asked.

* ~# C  y8 f8 S8 B9 s6 s‘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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4 G. B& F- [3 P0 @: e" ]‘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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5 q- e' a. |3 ?2 x* x6 I‘I'm sure he will,’I said.

  O- u* \" I& \  p2 u‘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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