Yo-Ho-Ho! by Brian James

Author:Brian James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2010-03-01T05:00:00+00:00

“Aye!” Inna smiled. “And guess what?” Inna handed a hat to each of us. “I made each of you your own hat, that’s what!”

I put mine on. It wasn’t very piratey, but it sure was warm.

“Arrr, thanks mate,” I said. “This is a shipshape present!”

“Aye,” Gary and Vicky agreed.

“Arrr! I’m not putting that on,” Aaron complained.

“Quit bellyaching!” Vicky hollered at him. “You said you were cold, so put the hat on already! We have to get on deck for school.”

Aaron made a grumpy face, but he put the hat on anyway.

Then we all raced out of our room and up the stairs.

It was even colder outside than it was in our quarters! It was so cold, Gary’s glasses fogged up. He almost stumbled overboard.

I took them off and wiped them.

“Arrr! Thanks, Pete,” he said.

“Sure! That’s what best mates are for,” I told him.

Then we looked all around. Rotten Tooth was nowhere to be seen. But we did spot Captain Stinky Beard. He was scratching his beard and staring at a map in his hand.

“Ahoy, Cap’n,” I said and gave him a salute.

“Ahoy, me little shipmates,” Captain Stinky Beard said to all of us. “Have ye noticed that it’s colder this morning than usual?” he asked.

“AYE!” we all shouted.

“Arrr, me too!” he said. He looked at the map some more, and I noticed it was the map with Inna’s course plotted on it. “Something’s fishy,” the captain said.

“Aye, Cap’n!” Rotten Tooth growled as he came toward us. “Mayhap I can take a look at that,” he said, pointing to the map. Captain Stinky Beard handed it to him. After all, Rotten Tooth was the best course plotter on the Sea Rat.

I crossed my fingers really tightly.

I was scared he would figure out our trick.

“ARRR! Something be fishy all right,” Rotten Tooth mumbled as he studied the map.

I looked at my mates, and they looked at me. Then we all gulped. We thought we were going to be shark bait for sure!

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