The True Story of Treasure Island
It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination _ 36 _ , recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived _ 37 _ for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a _ 38 _ . With him were his American wife Fanny and his son _ 39 _ .
Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long _ 40 _ over the hills. They had been _ 41 _ this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain Lloyd felt the days _ 42 _ . To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some _ 43 _ .
One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert _ 44 _ that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of _ 45 _ . “What’s that?” he asked. “That’s the _ 46 _ treasure,” said the boy. Robert suddenly 47 something of an adventure story in the boy’s _ 48 _ . While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the _ 49 _ a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate(海盗)?
Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the 50 of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to 51 such a man in a story. _ 52 _ Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was _ 53 _ .
So thanks to a _ 54 _ September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest _ 55 _ stories in the English language.
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