have to row,” I said to my friends.
“Aye,” Vicky said. “Never mind the splashing—rowing is the part I don’t like.”
“Aye,” Gary said as the oar splashed us again.
Inna wiped the water away from her face. “I don’t like either part!” she exclaimed.
“Quit bellyaching,” Aaron said.
Aaron was Vicky’s twin brother. They looked exactly alike. They even dressed alike. They both had dark hair and dark eyes. They wore matching red-and-white-stripedclothes. The only thing that was different was that Aaron was a boy. And he was a show-off, too.
“Rowing is easy breezy,” he said.
Vicky gave him a long look. Aaron was leaning back with both hands behind his head.
“Arrr!” she growled. “That’s because you’re not even rowing!”
“Aye! That’s what makes it so easy,” he said.
Vicky was just about to say something else when Rotten Tooth leaned over and yelled into Aaron’s ear. “ARRR! Get to rowing, ye scurvy pup, or ye’ll be shark bait!” he shouted.
Aaron gulped!
“Aye aye!” he said. He grabbed the oar and started rowing like the rest of us.
“Arrr, that’s what I thought,” Rotten Tooth snarled.
Rotten Tooth was the meanest pirate on the seas. He was also the ugliest! He had a pointy green beard and green teeth, too.Plus, he was our teacher and the first mate of our ship, the
Sea Rat.
That meant he was the double boss of us, so it wasn’t a good idea to make him mad.
“Blimey, I hate rowing,” Aaron mumbled once Rotten Tooth wasn’t paying attention anymore.
Vicky stuck her tongue out at him. “Arrr! I told you so,” she said.
I lifted up my pirate hat and took a look ahead.
“Avast! It won’t be much longer,” I told my friends. The beach was getting closer each time we rowed. “Besides, it’ll all be worth it when we reach land. Once we get ashore, we’ll be looking for buried treasure!”
“Aye!” my friends agreed.
Looking for buried treasure was one of the most fun parts about being a pirate. This was the first time since we came to Pirate School that Captain Stinky Beard picked us to be part of the landing party. He said we’d proven that we were brave pirates.
Rotten Tooth wasn’t so sure. If it were up to him, he wouldn’t teach us anything except how to swab the deck. Lucky for us, the cap’n was the boss of him.
“I hope we find the treasure first,” Vicky said.
“Aye!” I agreed.
“That’ll show old Rotten Head,” Aaron said.
“Aye aye!” Gary said as he splashed Inna again by accident. The rest of us couldn’t keep from giggling when we saw how soggy she was.
Inna wasn’t giggling.
She gave Gary a grumpy look. “Arrr, I just hope we get there before you sink the whole boat,” she grumbled.
Chapter 2
Digging Is the Pits!
Vicky leaned against her shovel and crossed her arms. “Great sails! You’ll never find the treasure that way,” she yelled at Aaron.
The beach around us was covered with tiny holes that Aaron had dug. They were more like dents than holes. The rest of us were digging holes as deep as we were tall!
“You have to dig bigger holes!” Vicky told him.
Aaron folded his arms and lifted his chin in the air. That was the face he always made when he was being a know-it-all. He made that face a lot.
“Arrr! I was just starting the holes for the rest of you guys,” Aaron said.
“Aye, because that’s the easiest part!” Vicky shouted.
“Is not!” Aaron said.
“IS TOO!” Vicky shouted.
Then she marched over to Aaron and gave him a tiny shove.
I didn’t like it when my friends were fighting. So I ran over and stood between them. “Shiver me timbers! That’s no way to act on our first real pirate mission,” I shouted.
Aaron and Vicky forgot they were angry with each other and turned on me.
“Real pirate mission? That’s hogwash!” Aaron said. “Rotten Tooth only agreed to let us come along so we could row and carry shovels.”
“Aye!” Vicky shouted. “That’s why he stuck us
“Aye,” Vicky said. “Never mind the splashing—rowing is the part I don’t like.”
“Aye,” Gary said as the oar splashed us again.
Inna wiped the water away from her face. “I don’t like either part!” she exclaimed.
“Quit bellyaching,” Aaron said.
Aaron was Vicky’s twin brother. They looked exactly alike. They even dressed alike. They both had dark hair and dark eyes. They wore matching red-and-white-stripedclothes. The only thing that was different was that Aaron was a boy. And he was a show-off, too.
“Rowing is easy breezy,” he said.
Vicky gave him a long look. Aaron was leaning back with both hands behind his head.
“Arrr!” she growled. “That’s because you’re not even rowing!”
“Aye! That’s what makes it so easy,” he said.
Vicky was just about to say something else when Rotten Tooth leaned over and yelled into Aaron’s ear. “ARRR! Get to rowing, ye scurvy pup, or ye’ll be shark bait!” he shouted.
Aaron gulped!
“Aye aye!” he said. He grabbed the oar and started rowing like the rest of us.
“Arrr, that’s what I thought,” Rotten Tooth snarled.
Rotten Tooth was the meanest pirate on the seas. He was also the ugliest! He had a pointy green beard and green teeth, too.Plus, he was our teacher and the first mate of our ship, the
Sea Rat.
That meant he was the double boss of us, so it wasn’t a good idea to make him mad.
“Blimey, I hate rowing,” Aaron mumbled once Rotten Tooth wasn’t paying attention anymore.
Vicky stuck her tongue out at him. “Arrr! I told you so,” she said.
I lifted up my pirate hat and took a look ahead.
“Avast! It won’t be much longer,” I told my friends. The beach was getting closer each time we rowed. “Besides, it’ll all be worth it when we reach land. Once we get ashore, we’ll be looking for buried treasure!”
“Aye!” my friends agreed.
Looking for buried treasure was one of the most fun parts about being a pirate. This was the first time since we came to Pirate School that Captain Stinky Beard picked us to be part of the landing party. He said we’d proven that we were brave pirates.
Rotten Tooth wasn’t so sure. If it were up to him, he wouldn’t teach us anything except how to swab the deck. Lucky for us, the cap’n was the boss of him.
“I hope we find the treasure first,” Vicky said.
“Aye!” I agreed.
“That’ll show old Rotten Head,” Aaron said.
“Aye aye!” Gary said as he splashed Inna again by accident. The rest of us couldn’t keep from giggling when we saw how soggy she was.
Inna wasn’t giggling.
She gave Gary a grumpy look. “Arrr, I just hope we get there before you sink the whole boat,” she grumbled.
Chapter 2
Digging Is the Pits!
Vicky leaned against her shovel and crossed her arms. “Great sails! You’ll never find the treasure that way,” she yelled at Aaron.
The beach around us was covered with tiny holes that Aaron had dug. They were more like dents than holes. The rest of us were digging holes as deep as we were tall!
“You have to dig bigger holes!” Vicky told him.
Aaron folded his arms and lifted his chin in the air. That was the face he always made when he was being a know-it-all. He made that face a lot.
“Arrr! I was just starting the holes for the rest of you guys,” Aaron said.
“Aye, because that’s the easiest part!” Vicky shouted.
“Is not!” Aaron said.
“IS TOO!” Vicky shouted.
Then she marched over to Aaron and gave him a tiny shove.
I didn’t like it when my friends were fighting. So I ran over and stood between them. “Shiver me timbers! That’s no way to act on our first real pirate mission,” I shouted.
Aaron and Vicky forgot they were angry with each other and turned on me.
“Real pirate mission? That’s hogwash!” Aaron said. “Rotten Tooth only agreed to let us come along so we could row and carry shovels.”
“Aye!” Vicky shouted. “That’s why he stuck us
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