Caught by pirates A collaborative Grade 4/5B story by: Geocro, Kirdup and Gaiwhe

We left dry land on the first day of spring.  None of us knew what to expect on the journey.  There was, however, something about the captain that made us all wonder what we were in for. "You folks are going to have to ride this canoe out to the ship.  The ship is anchored in the deeper water out there," he bellowed.

The canoe ride to the ship wasn't too bad.  But I just could not shake the creepy feeling that we were being watched. When we got to the ship the crew helped us aboard. It was strange being on a pirate ship! Still I was sure that wasn’t the reason my stomach was in a knot.

We started moving around midday. It was hot and Lily was already starting to get grumpy. I moved two deck chairs from the hold on to the deck. They were heavy and by the time I got them up I was out of breath. “Hurry up!” said Lilly. “I’m dying out here!” “Sorry,” I mumbled as I got to the top deck. I dropped the chairs and they made a hole in the deck. “Oh you are so clumsy!” cried Lilly “Well sorry,” I said. “If you’re such a clever clogs you go and fetch it!” “Fine!” said Lilly. She made her way down the stairs.

Suddenly she felt something cold lick her feet. She looked down to see a puddle big enough to fill a pool. “Oh no!” she cried as she ran up the stairs. She cried “Abandon ship. Huge hole in ship.” To her surprise everybody jumped into the life boats and started rowing furiously.

We also jumped into a lifeboat. In all the confusion I had lost track of where we were going and now we were completely and utterly lost. “Oh you blithering idiot!” Lily cried. “Where are you taking us?” “Shut your trap!” I told her. “If you don’t stop complaining we'll never get out of here! Right now we have to keep alive on this canoe.” Lily, with a hurt look on her face, stuck her nose in the air and turned her back to me. She turned around when she heard me shout excitedly…

Suddenly we saw an island. The pirates in the lifeboats were nowhere to be seen, fortunately. The island looked a very inviting place so we got out of our boat and started exploring.  THE END