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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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( a* C4 \& c& ]) XI 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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5 Q/ [* W* t8 K‘Who are you ?I asked, staring at him.

3 |# _- u2 ~/ A8 j, h/ }‘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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) Z' F4 u/ t/ V/ ^6 h( o‘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.

& H1 o& l7 p& 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.’



‘If I can get on board ship again, ’I saidInteractive whiteboard, ‘you can have as much cheese as you want.’

7 A# b) _* p0 N% C5 R9 I‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.
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- W8 c; m2 r& T% K/ e" W, M" N7 [: n‘Jim,’I told him.
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- K& F+ C  P9 U# v‘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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3 ?# z7 _! y. j! `$ x# j3 _+ z' yI 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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! _: r' t" G' o& r/ G4 c‘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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5 u. F+ O8 v1 y3 V% Z6 f‘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.

& M( X2 t8 k' b" `& Q‘And take me home on your ship?’
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‘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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