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Then I saw a strange figure . It moved very fast , like a monkey , from tree to tree . Was it a man or an animal ? Then I remembered my pistol , and I felt braver . I walked towards it , and it came out and fell on its knees in front of me . It was a man . His skin was burnt black by the sun , but his eyes were light blue . His clothes were made of old sails and rags . “ Who are you ? ” I asked . “ Ben Gunn , ” he said . “ I’m poor Ben Gunn , I am . I haven’t spoken to anybody for three years . ” He lived on goats , berries and oysters , he told me . “ But have you got a piece of cheese on you , mate ? Many long nights I’ve dreamt of cheese . ” “ If I get back to the ship , you’ll have lots of cheese , ” I promised . I told him our story , and when I said Silver’s name , he looked very frightened . “ Your squire , ” he said , “ is he a generous man ? If I help you , will he give me a thousand pounds and take me home ? ” “ I’m sure he will , ” I said . “ I was on Flint’s ship when he buried the treasure , ” said Ben . “ He went on shore with six strong sailors . A week later he came back alone , and the six were dead . Three years ago I came back on another ship , and we looked for the treasure for twelve days . When we found nothing , they left me here alone . ” He smiled . “ But tell your squire this . Ben Gunn is rich now . And I have a boat . I made it myself , and it’s hidden under the white rock . ” At that moment we heard the boom of a big gun from the ship . The fight had begun ! We ran towards the harbour . After a while , I saw a flag above the trees . It was the British flag . “ That’s your friends , ” said Ben Gunn . “ Silver would fly the Jolly Roger , the black flag of the pirates . ” IX . The Stockade While I was away , many things happened to my friends . Dr Livesey told me about them later . After the boats left , the doctor and Hunter rowed ashore in the jolly boat , the ship’s smallest boat . Not far from the beach they found a stockade . It was a strong log house on a little hill , with a high fence of wooden posts all round it . Inside the fence there was a spring of fresh water . Men could defend it easily . Then they heard the scream from the woods , and the doctor thought I was dead . He hurried back to the ship , and they made a plan . They were going to move into the log house . The doctor , Hunter and Joyce filled the jolly boat with food , gunpowder and guns , and took them to the shore again and again . Then Hunter and Joyce stayed in the log house to guard it . On the ship , the squire , the captain and Redruth stood with loaded guns and watched the six sailors on board . Israel Hands was their leader .
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