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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/ s9 ~# e/ m/ [6 ^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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‘Who are you ?I asked, staring at him.
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% L5 {+ m$ c$ L* T‘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.

9 ^  n# \0 X/ m- L, n0 c  K  T‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’
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" ^& M7 G+ H9 ?; J: J& UI 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.
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4 [& T* `! x& H; q" f8 t  m' C‘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 v% R( K' v1 z( `7 M& n‘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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/ z+ C; T# q# P. \‘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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: }) o2 V9 P6 d# JI 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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‘Silver?’I asked.

6 `4 ~9 `* C  C) M# l* d‘Yes ,Silver,’he said,‘that was his name.’
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/ Z3 H3 t; d8 `2 G9 M/ i2 M‘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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) P8 u/ V  ^1 Z7 u‘I'm sure he will,’I said.

‘And take me home on your ship?’
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3 T, y$ _/ x6 B& w( M# M8 b( z4 E‘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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