The man of the island

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The man of the island

The man of the island
: H( G  d7 v. U) gBut 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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0 o( L  }3 j0 u1 UI 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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5 V* q- A# t8 f: m3 p‘Who are you ?I asked, staring at him.
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6 X+ k7 O  ~+ a3 E2 N- D‘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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; i0 z; R" D9 Z% d; {; N‘Were you shipwrecked?’I asked.

5 g# M1 Y* j  n( x" a, F‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’
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2 N. f. o! |9 EI 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.’

‘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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" m- U, ^7 d3 ~1 S‘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?’



# [3 o- r' Z4 R+ z  y1 BI 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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+ Z% W1 I; H4 e$ Y; R‘Silver?’I asked.

# i9 @" y$ F8 B- {3 a1 a4 u9 |‘Yes ,Silver,’he said,‘that was his name.’

% w& ?8 T; \9 m3 \‘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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‘I'm sure he will,’I said.

( @- J, U" ^! X- y‘And take me home on your ship?’

! _, t6 W$ y! E: S& F. S. {‘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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