The man of the island

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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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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.
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6 @) i* c: R' [4 h, R‘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.

! t9 k, U# ~+ U3 i- V! g‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’

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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0 E- p$ }" K/ \! W: c5 k& x‘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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1 p* U. K4 E0 B- @: y‘If I can get on board ship again, ’I saidInteractive whiteboard, ‘you can have as much cheese as you want.’

‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.

2 C: L7 s4 |% b$ K1 {4 T3 w‘Jim,’I told him.
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  Q- _6 v* y; X) R9 n6 p‘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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% e/ Q- y: S1 C% oI 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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9 ^# u) h; x' t9 J& Z; e‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.

‘Silver?’I asked.
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2 Q, ^3 i" E: i* ^* e" d1 j‘Yes ,Silver,’he said,‘that was his name.’

* I/ F+ U# ], N2 N0 j+ C‘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.
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‘And take me home on your ship?’
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: A9 h* V4 s/ Q$ w8 B4 o‘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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