The man of the island

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The man of the island
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The man of the island
! A, ^  C. r! ?4 ]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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‘Who are you ?I asked, staring at him.
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8 W0 C4 o5 q+ Q+ S& }# P‘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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1 s' v) l& t" o2 a5 N" w‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’

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9 {) Z0 U7 N1 ^; R  m5 G4 p6 G0 n‘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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, h& X7 m  _9 `‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.

‘Jim,’I told him.
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9 e' }8 ~% H2 z' l, k‘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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$ y9 f1 N3 [9 G6 m. Q: R5 QI 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.
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‘Yes ,Silver,’he said,‘that was his name.’

/ u5 [( S% R7 a+ A) \7 c6 `$ O! U‘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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, ?+ `# h% F2 P4 N‘I'm sure he will,’I said.

‘And take me home on your ship?’

* v: n" s' U  N0 |‘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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