Treasure Island by Robert Stevenson

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Chapter 10: The End

The pirates thought about the treasure and they were happy.

They ate their breakfast quickly and we all started to walk along the beach.

'We must go this way, and look for a tall tree,'said Silver.

There were a lot of tall trees on the island and the pirates ran to look at all of them.

Then one of the pirates said, 'Here!'

Near a tree was a dead man.

'He was a sailor,' said one of the pirates. 'Look at his jacket! But what's he doing here? When did he die?'

'Flint killed him years ago,' said Silver. 'He's showing us the way to the treasure. Follow his arm.Come on! This way.'

The pirates followed quietly. They were afraid. We climbed a hill, then we sat down.

Suddenly we heard singing.

'It's Flint!' said one man, his face very white.

'No,' said Silver.'Not Flint. Flint's dead. Remember the treasure, my boys, and don't be afraid!'

But all the pirates had white faces.

Silver listened carefully to the singing.

'That's not Flint!' he said. 'It's ... it's Ben Gunn! We're not afraid of Ben Gunn!'

The singing stopped and we moved on.

After twenty minutes,we saw a very big tree on top of a hill.

The pirates started to run.

But they did not find any treasure.

Under the tree they found an old box.

There was nothing init.

Flint's treasure was not there.

For a long time, the six pirates sat and said nothing.

Then Silver turned to me.

'Be very careful,Jim,' he said quietly. 'These men are dangerous.'

He gave me a gun.

The pirates looked at us and we looked back at them.

Suddenly, from the trees, guns started to shoot.

Two of the pirates dropped to the ground and the other three ran away.

The doctor and Ben Gunn ran out of the trees and started to run after the pirates.

'They can't getaway,' said Silver. 'And you, Ben Gunn, what are you doing here?'

'Ben found the treasure a long time ago,' said the doctor. 'He moved it to his home on the island. So I gave the pirates Flint's map and we left the house and went to stay with Ben.'

We took one of the pirate's boats, and broke the other.

'The pirates haven't got a boat now,' said the doctor. 'They can't follow us.'

Then we went round the island to find the Hispaniola.

At last, we found our ship and met Mr. Trelawney and Captain Smollett.

'What are you doing here, John Silver?' asked the captain.

'I'm here to help you,' said Silver.

'Ah,' said the captain.

I had a good dinner that night with all my friends.

We were all happy.

Silver ate and drank and smiled and laughed too.

The next morning, we started to carry the treasure to the ship.

We did not see the three pirates on the island.

Three days later, we finished our work.

We heard the pirates singing loudly, but we did not see them.

We left some boxes of food for the pirates, and started across the sea to the nearest town.

We were happy when we arrived there.

And there Silver left us.

We were in the town and he got away.

He took some of the treasure with him, too.

And so, after some weeks at sea, we arrived home with our treasure.

I never wanted to go back to that island again.