Captain Beastlie's Pirate Party - preview

For all my piratical nephews and great-nephews, old and young, with a great big grubalicious “YO HO HO!” L.C.

First published in 2014 by Nosy Crow Ltd

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Captai n Beas tlie

was the g rubb iest and smelliest pi rate to sail the Seven Salty Seas .

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C aptain Beastlie’ S

ship was sm art and his crew were squeaky-clean .

One grey and grimsome Mo nday , Captain Beastlie rolled out of bed. Five rotten cabbages rolled out, too.

“Only 5 days left till m ’ bi rthday!” he roared, picking a bogey out of his nose and licking it.

“Take that, ye slimy s coundrel!”

On Tue s day, Captain B e a s tl i e stomped up on de c k.

His socks lef t pongy patches on the nice , c lean planks.

“Only 4 day s left till m ’ birthday! ” he bellowed, rootli n g a glob of pean u t b utter out of his ear.

“Aharr! There ye be, ye s curvy snack!”