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Hello, my name's Tim.
If you like bloodthirsty pirates and riches beyond your wildest dreams, then shiver my timbers.
Today's story is spot on.
We begin one moonlit night as Jim Hawkins,
a young boy working at a harbourside inn in Bristol, hears shouts from downstairs.
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
A salty old sea captain named Billy Bones is arguing with a rough looking sailor who hands him a black spot.
The next morning, Billy Bones is dead.
Opening his room, Jim spots an old wooden sea chest containing a compass,
a ship's logbook and a stained spotted piece of paper.
Now whatever could that be?
After a spot of lunch, Jim shows the paper to his friends Dr.
Livesey and Squire Trelawney.
Straight away they spot that it's a treasure map.
It must be the map made by notorious pirate Captain Flint when burying his stolen gold.
And there in the middle, a big X marking the spot.
On the spot, Jymn,
the Doctor and the Squire hurry to find a ship that will take them in search of the unknown island on the map.
If only they hadn't been so quick, it would have saved them a spot of bother.