The man of the island

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The man of the island
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The man of the island
: F' @2 y7 s& O, h. k2 v4 O# VBut 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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+ h& a* g1 v  G  Q. v% l8 F9 wI 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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1 E% e. S4 _# S9 A9 _4 T5 l‘Who are you ?I asked, staring at him.

5 T- H4 F# o' F% j‘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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6 `* p; v! b2 b) _4 f‘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.

# m% [5 p. n9 \1 ?) P: [* ^‘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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! R3 \0 y; |6 a) d+ X‘If I can get on board ship again, ’I saidInteractive whiteboard, ‘you can have as much cheese as you want.’

( o% c% z4 |1 ?+ [5 ^" U‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.

7 r0 R+ P3 Z4 Y‘Jim,’I told him.

‘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( J4 P5 i1 q! K& d' A4 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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* h7 A/ ^, H9 X$ {$ w‘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.’
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‘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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7 P; v% F6 z# i2 e- r. J/ @) J) I& f‘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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* e1 q  o7 n/ `4 {" d0 h! u; w‘I'm sure he will,’I said.

- I) ~' s) u, n8 L6 }: k2 b. E‘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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