“Excuse me but how many people are on this ship.” the captain replied.
“Only two, me and the cabin boy Jack.” Hmmm looking forward to meeting him He thought to himself.
The captain left the room so Joe began to peel the potatoes. Joe had been peeling potatoes for over an hour now and he was exhausted when it came to peeling the last potato. Then a small boy, who was called jack, walked timidly into the room and started to slowly pick up the potatoes.
“Shall I help you with those,” Said Joe nervously.
“Yes please”, Answered Jack, “and welcome to the Black Pearl. ” once the potatoes were all picked up Joe helped Jack heave the potatoes into the kitchen and put them on the counter.
“My name is Joe,” Announced Joe cheerfully.
“And my name is Jacob but you can just call me Jack, ” Whispered Jack. Then Joe left the room and went in search of the captain. The captain was looking out to sea and when Joe tapped him on the shoulder gently it startled him and made him leap about a foot in the air.
“Shiver me timbers its you again”, Shouted the captain, “follow me because its dinner time.”
And with that the captain took Joe away to a large room, which had the words
Dinning Room, carved in scratchy handwriting on the door. There were two stools and one huge, comfy armchair with a rickety, wooden table in the very centre of the room. The captain and Joe sat down and waited. Then in came Jack with a huge tray of food. Jack placed the tray on the table and handed out the meals. He gave an enormous plate of delicious food to the captain. There were roast potatoes, boiled potatoes, roast lamb, gravy and applesauce. After that Jack handed two tiny bowls to Joe and himself. Joe looked carefully into the bowl to find a boiled potato at the very bottom. “Eat up”, Bellowed the captain, “you’ve got much more work to do after this.” And with that the captain began to guzzle the tasty morsel rapidly. Despite the fact that Joe was scared he was fearfully hungry so he picked up his knife and fork and began to cut small slices of the potato and gradually, he began to eat the potato. Soon after they had finished their meal the captain lead Joe to the main deck which was thickly caked in mud.
Then the captain snarled
“I want this deck sparklingly clean by 5 o’clock or it will be the cell for you.” As the captain began to leave he turned round and said.
“In fact, I have decided to be lenient and let Jack help you, he will bring scrubbing brushes and soap.” then the captain turned back round and left the decking. Soon after, Jack appeared with two buckets of water and soap.
“ Well, looks like we had better get started then.” So Jack began to scrub violently. Joe thought for a little while and then asked if he always lived like this.
Jack replied by saying yes and every day it’s just work, work, work, and he wishes he could do something to get rid of captain Barossa.
“ Maybe we can, asked Joe, have you got any ideas? ”
“Well we could use my old axe to cut his wooden leg off when he’s looking out to sea.” Muttered Jack unenthusiastically. Just then Joe leapt up in delight.
“That’s it, cried Joe, “we chop off his leg when he’s looking out to sea, then he fall’s into the ocean.” Jacks face suddenly brightened up and ran towards a small cupboard, opened it, and fumbled around, finally pulling out a sharp bladed axe that was used for chopping wood. Jack ran over to Joe and handed him the axe.
“Keep it safe and don’t let the captain catch you with it, ” Whispered Joe anxiously. “I’ll try.” Said Joe confidently.
It was now seven o’clock in the evening and all that hard work had made Joe very tired indeed. So he found a large rag, wrapped it around himself and lay on the deck. He was frightened that he would never find his parents or even worse, he would have to work on the ship until he died. He felt the axe down at his feet to make sure it was there. Then his eyelids begin to droop and his mind was filled with blackness. Joe felt a hard shoe slam against his back, waking him up.
Joe looked up to see that it was morning.
“Come on, get up you lazy great oaf, you’ve got more work to do.” Joe waited to the captains back was turned and then quickly stuffed the axe into his belt.
“Right, your first task for this morning is to re-carve the signs on all the doors on this ship.” Said the captain, turning around. Then he threw him some plates of metal and a hammer and a nail.
“Well, get to work!” screamed the captain. So Joe reluctantly picked up the hammer and nail and began to carve, as neatly as he could, the words Captains Bedroom but failing miserably. Joe was about half way through when he noticed that the captain, shielding his eyes, was looking out to sea. Jack had snuck on to the decking and was staring at Joe.
“Do it,” Mouthed Jack silently. So Joe walked bravely forward. Then he wielded the axe menacingly. Then he started a quick run and after that he broke into a full sprint, waving the axe wildly. At that moment the captain turned around but it was too late. Joe had chopped his wooden leg off with one clean slice. The captain lost his balance and toppled right over, waving his arms, as he sank into the icy depths of the open ocean.
“You did it!” cried Jack. But Joes face was downcast.
“What if I never see my family again.” Sniffled Joe quietly.
“Don’t worry about that”, said Jack merrily, “the captain has a teleportation device in his room, that’s how we both came to be here.” Joe ran to the door of the captain’s room and flung it open. There, on the desk was a wired machine. Jack followed him and said happily.
“You can go because someone needs to look after the ship.” So with that Joe placed his hands around the machine. Joe found himself back at the theme park. Just then he heard a shout from the other end of the isle. “Where have you been”, screamed his mother, “I have been looking all over for you!” then Joe smiled and said.
“ Oh, nowhere.” So Joe went home for a good nights rest.
