JIM found a particular friend on that voyage in the cook, a one-legged seaman named ‘Long’ John Silver.

As they neared the island, however, the crew became restless, and to his horror Jim overheard Silver plotting mutiny among old friends – pirate friends.

Armed with the map, the Squire, the doctor, and the ship’s captain made for the island, and the pirates, led by ‘Captain’ Silver, followed hard on their heels.

But Jim went alone, and met a most eccentric man on the island, Ben Gunn, all rags and sad babble about being ‘rich’.

In the end, however, Jim was captured, and the ransom price was the chart.

Silver led his men to the place marked with a cross, and stood aghast. The treasure was gone. The dispirited pirates were easily overpowered, and returned on the Hispaniola to London to face justice.

And suddenly Jim realised why ragged, rambling Ben Gunn had said he was rich.