The pirates scurried to and fro across the deck in the darkness trying to keep control of the ship as the wind strained at the sails and the rained lashed at them like a whip. Captain Black Beard-Jumper stood at the helm shouting commands. Pam sat on his shoulder keeping a...
It was a low, throaty moan, like the noise a car engine makes when it’s about to break down. Scarlet Cleaver heard the noise and looked round, trying to figure out where it was coming from. Before she had time to trace the noise to the floor and to the two little guinea pi...
The glass made a tune. Next he started banging his wooden leg on the tile floor. Soon he had a rhythm going. He cleared his throat noisily. Suddenly, to Atticus’s astonishment, he broke into a sea shanty.‘Once upon a time when men were fish,’ he sang, ‘They all ate each other and then went squish...
They brought with them some racing camels, which were a lot faster than the ones Mrs Tucker had hired. Badawi sent the other ones back to his tribe with one of the warriors. Everyone was glad to see them go, except Mr Tucker who had become quite fond of his. He’d managed to collect several bottle...