The man of the island

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The man of the island

The man of the island
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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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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8 d" `8 f! q- X2 R9 I( \! Q5 q‘Who are you ?I asked, staring at him.

1 M7 Y% y7 C" C3 x( \; I! {‘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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+ a2 v3 R/ j# n" q& L4 d( ?‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’
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3 z/ V3 K0 B& y6 vI 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.

7 c4 d+ M0 N/ n/ q7 n4 e$ f1 h( i‘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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% d* N, j1 m5 a8 j: V‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.

# N) J% h6 @( f% \‘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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  u' Z0 t! U% i$ FI 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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9 N% u0 e6 b% Z' U‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.
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‘Silver?’I asked.

‘Yes ,Silver,’he said,‘that was his name.’

0 q4 t7 j# Q4 D5 N  i& f$ k+ J, b‘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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/ p9 J' |/ w4 K: [% o6 Q, z‘I'm sure he will,’I said.

6 f8 y& Y8 ]2 ~( l  ^7 R‘And take me home on your ship?’
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8 _$ ~% a# Y7 p, `‘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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