The man of the island

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The man of the island

7 f/ s% t0 r6 v; @0 w% PThe man of the island
! I+ [& ?. o& gBut 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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9 s1 v' C3 r! g; M6 c! S: CI 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.

7 u+ \& Y: m1 z4 u/ @‘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.

4 ]. w' f2 @; D( L1 L/ P: i‘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.

‘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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- R$ G2 i6 p: `7 S8 C  I" N7 ]‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.

‘Jim,’I told him.
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2 F! C; C% R$ X  n0 K& n+ Q‘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?’



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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- v7 }: }4 x/ Q7 O( \/ K‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.

‘Silver?’I asked.
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3 _" K* G! h3 D‘Yes ,Silver,’he said,‘that was his name.’

‘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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4 I/ b* F: m9 R1 O* U3 s$ F0 ^‘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?’



- r) a( R9 y+ H  n+ |( T‘I'm sure he will,’I said.

‘And take me home on your ship?’

9 l6 q( ]- n* \‘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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