Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
stockade
/stɒkˈeɪd/A barrier or defensive wall made of strong wooden posts.
bombardment
/bɒmˈbɑːdmənt/A continuous and heavy attack with large guns or cannonballs.
sentry
/ˈsentri/A guard who stands at an entrance or gate to watch for danger.
sane
/seɪn/Mentally healthy and normal; able to think clearly.
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As soon as Ben Gunn saw the British flag flying above the trees, he stopped me by the arm and sat down. "Now," he said, "there are your friends, sure enough." "It is far more likely to be the mutineers," I answered anxiously. "Not at all!" he cried. "Silver would fly the Jolly Roger—the black pirate flag. No, those are your friends. There has been fighting, and your friends have won the old stockade that Captain Flint built years ago. Flint was a terrible pirate, but he was clever. He was afraid of nobody, except Silver." "Then I must hurry...
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