The man of the island

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The man of the island
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" ^, l+ T$ \# r1 @  Y8 ]9 A% CThe man of the island
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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7 a6 `5 l3 R% c% Y' Z& VI 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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$ |: }3 n3 b& N3 i& \# ^* ~: r  k‘Who are you ?I asked, staring at him.

( P% c6 z( M' m! d6 q" z‘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.

' o7 `3 ~5 ~2 I" O‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’
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+ e, J2 P8 [# l: j1 \7 |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.’



‘If I can get on board ship again, ’I saidInteractive whiteboard, ‘you can have as much cheese as you want.’

: U# t- I" w! [4 j3 r7 Y- h‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name.
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4 A6 _  Q3 S) M! e* N‘Jim,’I told him.
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  Q( ^2 I# J7 L0 i7 O- q, I‘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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# e6 `9 p( H/ ?: l! b‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.

‘Silver?’I asked.

‘Yes ,Silver,’he said,‘that was his name.’
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- ?; }: L* u2 X2 r* Y‘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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! }1 P9 ^) u, V1 k7 `8 X‘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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& ?$ p! @: e8 T& _: S! [‘I'm sure he will,’I said.
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‘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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