The man of the island

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The man of the island
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The man of the island
# ]2 A( Q/ X2 H1 f& j8 k6 B( vBut 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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" L$ J. R7 x6 }- rI 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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. W5 c7 X  Y- r9 d2 s& b1 n8 H‘Who are you ?I asked, staring at him.

- v9 e. r' I2 a7 i8 V5 x‘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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" v( ~' v& E2 Q' Y7 h9 {4 x‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’
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: V# c1 Q1 X7 P* Q- k2 tI 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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. k% x! z% A- V% f) ]- O‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.
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‘Jim,’I told him.

& m6 e8 [$ O# _3 Y- Z‘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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‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.
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9 }  u! i% ?1 `  `; T* }! [‘Silver?’I asked.

7 e7 d9 n$ o6 T‘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.



* K. v$ Q8 `( A: b% y' T% e; H- o! k‘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.
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' L3 U, K7 i& P% D- |: z1 m‘And take me home on your ship?’

/ ?+ z" x4 {2 z* }; z‘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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