It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson's imagination.1, recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived 2for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a holiday.3 him were his American wife Fanny and his stepson Lloyd.
Each morning Stevenson would take them out fora long 4over the hills. They had been enjoying this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days were 5. To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some 6.
One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert 7that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of the island. "What's that?" he asked. "That's the 8 treasure, "said the boy. Robert suddenly saw something of an adventure story in the boy's9. While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make a twelve-year-old boy the10of the story, just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate?
Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the11of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to12such a man in a story. So Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was13.
So, thanks to a 14September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest15stories in English.