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Sail Away With Books!
CAPT. JACK: The Pirates’ Code? Oh, I always thought of those rules as just guidelines, really.
BLACKBEARD: Guidelines! Our profession is going to the dogs. What do they teach in Pirate
school these days?
HOOK: Well, that’s why we’re here. To make sure the rules are clear and understood by all.
LONG JOHN: Let’s get on with it then.
CAPT. JACK: Don’t you want to wait for the others? My friends Anne Bonney, and Mary Read
- I think they said they were coming.
SMEE: Err…. Captain?
(In unison)
HOOK: Yes?
LONG JOHN: Yes?
BLACKBEARD: Yes?
CAPT. JACK: Yes?
SMEE: Um… I think I hear something.
BLACKBEARD: What do you hear? The admiral’s ship approaching?
SMEE: No, I don’t think so.
CAPT. JACK: A ghost ship returning?
SMEE: No, not that.
LONG JOHN: Is it someone coming to deliver a black spot?
SMEE: No, not that either.
HOOK: Well, what is it, man? Out with it or I’ll have you keel-hauled.
SMEE: It’s a ticking sound.
BLACKBEARD: Ticking?
CAPT. JACK: Ticking?
LONG JOHN: Ticking, you say?
HOOK: (terrified) Ticking! Then it’s time.
CAPT. JACK: Time for what?
HOOK: Time to go! Come on, Smee. Run! Runnnnnnnnnnn!
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