The True Story of Treasure Island 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 2 for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a 3 .With him were his American wife Fanny and his son 4 . Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long 5 over the hills. They had been 6 this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days 7 .To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some 8 . One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island, Robert 9 that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of 10 . “What’s that?” he asked. “That’s the 11 treasure , ” said the boy. Robert suddenly 12 something of an adventure story in the boy’s 13 .While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the 14 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 15 of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to 16 such a man in a story. 17 Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was 18 . So, thanks to a 19 September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest 20 stories in the English language.