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The man of the island
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) n) ^6 s S/ Z- eBut 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.! z `' G( b/ y. a4 ^' p
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' F6 j$ w* C2 R+ zI 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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6 ?4 ^0 [7 e% ?4 m3 a: r! _‘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.’, m) m5 P: }4 @
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‘Were you shipwrecked?’I asked. [; y1 D* K& m/ w1 v
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‘No ,my friend,’he said.‘Marooned.’& Y: }+ C( e# @# h, e
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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.3 r! z4 A& H& y* D0 k" Q. ?1 C
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‘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.’; |$ i- J; E# T9 Y+ ]7 M5 R! \
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( R. Q4 t2 h: d: U& t‘If I can get on board ship again, ’I saidInteractive whiteboard, ‘you can have as much cheese as you want.’
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1 J4 z% [. q* t( U2 [" B‘Who's going to prevent you?’he said.‘And tell me your name./ @& N4 t' _8 {* ]0 I5 }& [
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‘Jim,’I told him.
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6 @* f$ t; m3 E+ x1 Q/ R‘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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- R8 a, z. Q9 H1 C* B- p) G- @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.’/ F& D( @$ Y' S2 y3 c- G
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‘A man with one leg?’he asked, fear in his voice.
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8 T, p/ V% j& w) D# u‘Silver?’I asked.# T8 z4 V" H. F, d. N
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‘Yes ,Silver,’he said,‘that was his name.’# G; Z4 n; d; J( [* P8 D, K
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‘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.! P8 \& U) ?) P) G- B, W
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: S" R3 [6 p( W9 H) h( z% q" 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?’
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‘I'm sure he will,’I said.
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5 w! r$ w* v! U6 {, [0 R; ?‘And take me home on your ship?’
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" [/ s+ N( h9 b0 f( S) Q‘If we can escape from the others,’I told him#x,‘we'll need your help to get the ship home.’5 D7 B! B0 v. k+ n. f- u
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