Captain Morgashi made his way from the poop deck, where his
litter box was, to the quarter deck, where the little man wift spectacles was
steerin the ship. Morgashi relied on him completely fer evrythin from plottin
their journiez on the map to cleenin out his litterbox (on account of his havin
posable thumz), but he cud nevr remember the man’s name, so he hedged.
“Ahoy, sailor! What news?”
“Smooth sailin since the rain let up, sar. Also, Jack
O’Bowsprit said to tell yu that he’d be back soon, rigt aftr the bank meetin, where
he will have been spyin up a storm among his betters, sar.”
“Oh yes, that is gud news, er, Bo’sun. Send him to my cabin
as soon as he gets here.”
In his cabin, Morgashi curled up and tukt a nap while he was
waitin. Ten minits latr, Jack O’Bowsprit knocked on the dor an caym in. Bein a
person of the Beagle persuasion, he licked Morgashi’s face befor he cud give
his report. Morgashi was not too happy about this, but because Jack had a
eagle-eye nose an very strong skills in linear thinkin, Morgashi dint say
nothing about it.
“Report, sailor,” he said an wiped orf his face with his
Garfield hankerchif.
Jack said, “Well, Captain, them bank folks is planning a
trap fer us. The King’s birftdae is comin up an the viceroy plans to ship lotsa
cocoa back to England fer the celebration. But the Royal Navy is goin to
accompany them cargo ships so we can’t get at them.”
“Hmm,” said Morgashi thortfully. “We could take this a few
different ways. First, if we kin mayk the Navy think we gots an armada of
pirate ships, they wud send lots and lots of Navy ships wift the cocoa, leavin
the islands underprotected. That cud be a opportunity. Second, we cud get one
of our spies on one of them ships to detect—“
Jack barked, “Don’t look at me, sar!”
“Well, third, then. We cud alert our contacts in London.
Once the Royal Navy has escorted the ships over the waters, they are problee
not gonna be too interested in the cocoa on land, in the port warehouses. We
cud do a spot of pilfering there, I expect.”
“Captain, you is just full of innerestin idears!”
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