ON THE ISLAND (3)

BEN’S STORY

Jim was running toward the pirates.  Wait!  He didn’t want them to see him.  It would be safer to face the creature!  Jim turned around. “who are you?”  he shouted.

The creature fell on its knees before Jim. “I am Ben Gunn,” he said. The creature was a man! But what a strange-looking man! His hair was long. His clothes were rage. “How did you get here?” Jim asked. “I came by ship,” said Ben. “I knew treasure was buried here. We looked and looked, but we didn’t find it.” The crew was angry with me. One day they left, they didn’t take me. That was three years ago” Jim gasped.

“what do you eat?” Jim asked. “I eat berries and goat meet” said Ben. “But I dream of cheese. Oh, how I would love some cheese. Do you have any?”

“No,” said Jim. “But there is cheese on the ship.”

“what ship?” asked Ben.

So Jim told Ben all his adventures. He ended his story with the pirates. “They are on this island,” said Jim.

Just then a cannon fired. Sounds of fighting filled the air. Jim and Ben ran deeper into the woods. The hid in a cave.