The man of the island

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The man of the island
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9 v) m+ G3 \! \2 DThe man of the island
# d* r+ i. ~" e' 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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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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0 Y6 ]5 V* u( K* n‘Who are you ?I asked, staring at him.

‘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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* \6 N  t* w5 B  l" r: d. h( F‘Were you shipwrecked?’I asked.

' N# I& J$ G' Q$ G4 z, {" q% B7 H‘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.
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  `* M5 ^! F9 ^( I4 j  _‘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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! v* j# d+ E/ I, k‘If I can get on board ship again, ’I saidInteractive whiteboard, ‘you can have as much cheese as you want.’

9 C2 N# P; `* E8 h2 I‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.

' ]- |3 E& V7 q! k4 |% H5 }; i0 r‘Jim,’I told him.
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! o" I1 _# M" p$ f( A‘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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8 }* b7 h) B$ A+ g‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.

( I+ Z( U! [# E& b‘Silver?’I asked.
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3 d; x+ U2 _, v4 [' e7 R; b‘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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# f, Z  O' z1 o‘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?’



! F( J1 \2 r% S( r1 {‘I'm sure he will,’I said.
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9 H$ s8 N' f  C3 u‘And take me home on your ship?’
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7 d$ n/ {: M' q‘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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