THE GREEDY PIRATE

Captain rich Pickens is a very greedy pirate.He captures ships and sails away with all their gold and jewels.But his pirate ship isn't very big,and gradually,the hold,the deck and each of the rooms has filled up with treasure.The pirate crew are worried that their ship may sink,and ask the captain if they can go home,but greedy captain Pickens doesn't know when to stop! Then ,one breezy April afternoon, the lookout spies a galleon on the horizon.The pirates race after the ship and capture it.

The ship is full of precious jewels and coins but the capture captain warns the pirates that their ship will not be able to withstand the extra weight.The crew agree with their prisoner,but captain Pickens will not listen and orders his men to haul a giant treasure chest on board.The ship begins to groan under its heavy, burden.Then, quietly at splintering wood and nails popping.The crew realise the ship is breaking up and throw the chest into the sea.But it is too late so they rapidly abandon ship.

All except captain pickens,who refuse to leave.He is soon ankle deep in water!The captain of the other ship is back in charge and he offers to help the men if they give up piracy and came and work for him.The crew are happy to agree as they have had more than enough piracy now.Captain Pickens refuses to join them,so he is sent of in a little rowing boat.He'll probably spend the rest of his days rowing around the site of his sunken ship,trying to work out ways of salvaging his treasure!Some people never learn!