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$ X) f  C& D1 b: `3 L" y8 rThe man of the island
% S0 O* p0 E1 D: `5 g7 [; ^1 FBut 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.% A6 S% ?# h+ [# l2 H: X

: E7 t9 ?, _4 t1 U0 v( Y0 g1 W7 S‘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.’3 b! q6 }5 ?. R$ V

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‘Were you shipwrecked?’I asked.7 l$ N$ }2 z9 \" B9 a) x$ \! t
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‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’8 G9 S+ W& \7 G: e. ~. c2 D! v
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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.
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‘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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* U1 _: O( u1 z! ^+ p- m‘If I can get on board ship again, ’I saidInteractive whiteboard, ‘you can have as much cheese as you want.’
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‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.. D+ e0 x! ?5 c6 A
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‘Jim,’I told him.- ^3 G' {# n, a- w& t! {& Z8 B0 n

& `6 ?# n# \! {, u4 Z! P+ l  ~3 \‘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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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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5 [6 L9 _( X5 n3 Q6 _‘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.’7 N9 O! t# v. ^, ?9 z) n8 h! y
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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.6 @# L  v& N6 X6 T' h

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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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  [' z' M7 E8 H+ Q' _  l/ W‘I'm sure he will,’I said.
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‘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.’" }( W  g! W+ H' T2 M: h0 Q
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