The man of the island

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The man of the island

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' A+ g( \; J8 B& o% i' A/ F- n6 RBut 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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% J0 {* Q# _% k) F* sI 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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‘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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7 ^0 J4 L3 n) E6 Q+ w" u0 l) \. S; i‘Were you shipwrecked?’I asked.

# L9 v8 M; [) ^6 G6 ]9 K& }‘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.

2 g9 [' H4 l: L, u2 U' T" u8 x) C‘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.’

3 |  O6 V/ Z" O% R5 S( v‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.

6 o" [' z8 l' I# e& u7 E$ a: ~7 X‘Jim,’I told him.

‘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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1 W$ g$ a- Z# m: ?! @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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9 T! N( ^& H, Y0 G6 x+ t. S! E; T‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.

‘Silver?’I asked.
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‘Yes ,Silver,’he said,‘that was his name.’

- R2 |  ]; p1 y6 k‘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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  Z" Q2 R" L. F‘I'm sure he will,’I said.
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2 i$ n7 h; ~* H# S: j9 x8 N" P‘And take me home on your ship?’
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‘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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