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The man of the island

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$ A' a% Y5 j. B  oThe man of the island
* C! _6 e7 Q5 p5 \+ A/ h" ]+ IBut 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.6 ]0 Q! Y. [6 S5 `( y/ u

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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.! o7 I6 i0 ^/ V$ j# R
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‘Who are you ?I asked, staring at him.
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- R; Q6 W: H; T) V8 B9 I‘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.’6 U9 k) D5 |% V2 m2 I2 i9 |* Q# v
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‘Were you shipwrecked?’I asked.
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0 F9 h6 R* s( C* }, }‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’
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& H) n6 D% b, V, f) dI 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.’5 s: |" r5 Y7 L4 l

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3 M1 K) H# {$ N‘If I can get on board ship again, ’I saidInteractive whiteboard, ‘you can have as much cheese as you want.’& N/ N8 {1 x. D- [+ a
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‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.
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4 m$ A* ?5 ~/ n% l‘Jim,’I told him.# Q0 W& C0 v. T* n% j* R9 H; [
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‘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?’0 r# u) E% |3 y$ w: w' N4 L

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8 M4 \: E7 J7 V! @# i! MI 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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( F3 ~2 o. h! s1 K2 g‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.6 w; j  R, y$ ^
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‘Silver?’I asked.  i+ h- F. S- U* F1 {6 o- [

, F3 W9 b  Q' N6 \: L3 l# B" Z# _, d‘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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‘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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/ P( Z! y: \- v8 E# g; h  w* ]5 ^‘I'm sure he will,’I said.- {# l$ T8 J. q; X, z
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‘And take me home on your ship?’
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# H0 P! ?5 O  ~‘If we can escape from the others,’I told him#x,‘we'll need your help to get the ship home.’5 l8 v) V+ o. b/ n! k  S

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