The man of the island

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The man of the island

The man of the island
) A" P; K* [: p3 v3 |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.



7 U# F) ]8 t5 z# g* HI 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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‘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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2 h5 u0 b. M+ c4 w+ A; n‘Were you shipwrecked?’I asked.
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‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’
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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.

‘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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7 K2 h) C+ v7 @: X! @‘If I can get on board ship again, ’I saidInteractive whiteboard, ‘you can have as much cheese as you want.’
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, {4 A& Y* M" k* b1 W1 T‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.
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‘Jim,’I told him.

& \, y9 j. Z# {: h‘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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2 O% q% Z# a& s5 _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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‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.

) ~' M& _* V7 }‘Silver?’I asked.

‘Yes ,Silver,’he said,‘that was his name.’
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$ t& {& x. R; Z0 n+ E4 u+ R‘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.
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5 {1 c: k* |& V; {3 q; _9 D‘And take me home on your ship?’
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/ k# j' ~/ ]: G) R4 F* h) D5 D‘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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