8 Two Pirates

Two Pirates written by Pam Holden illustrated by Pauline Whimp

A long time ago, there was a bad pirate called Greedy Gus. He stole treasure from ships sailing far away on the sea. The sailors on the ships were very frightened of him. They went to see a good pirate called Smiler, and his parrot. "Will you help us trick Greedy Gus?" asked the frightened sailors. "Yes, I'll help you," said Smiler. "I would like to trick him. Stickybeak likes tricks, too."

Smiler made a clever plan to trick Greedy Gus and his bad pirates. He saw their ship through his long telescope, as they sailed far away. Stickybeak flew high over the sea to follow them.

Soon Stickybeak saw Greedy Gus and his bad pirates getting out of their boat and climbing up onto a ship. They stole gold and jewels, and they put it all into a big chest. When Stickybeak followed the pirates, he saw them taking their treasure chest into a deep, dark cave.

Stickybeak flew back to get Smiler. When he looked through his telescope, he saw Greedy Gus sailing away again. Smiler followed Stickybeak to the dark cave to find the treasure chest.

When Smiler opened the chest, he found gold and jewels. He took out all the treasure, and he put it into bags. Smiler put lots of heavy rocks and stones into the treasure chest. He put a note for Greedy Gus on the top, and he closed the lid.