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The Story of Pirate Tom

Long, long ago, there was a fearless, greedy pirate called Tom. Tom sailed the seven seas in his ancient pirate ship, The Jolly Roger. Unfortunately, it was not very jolly because Tom had no treasure. All the pirates were glum, and Tom did not know how to cheer them up.

First, they sailed from island to island, searching for treasure. Next, they dug down deep in the sand but all they found was an old fishbone and a smelly boot! That made the pirates even sadder. They cried and they cried and they cried until it was time to sail again.

In the distance, the clouds were growing larger and larger, the rain was pouring harder and harder, and a storm was coming closer and closer. The pirates sailed the Jolly Roger to the island of ‘Rockabilly’. All night long the storm lashed their boat, the waves smashed the island and the rain bashed the rocks.

The next morning it was sunny, so Pirate Tom decided to go for a swim. Deep down in the water, entangled in the weeds, he saw something sparkling, something glistening, something gleaming. It was a box of treasure that the storm had uncovered. “Yo, ho, ho, me hearties! I’ve found treasure,” called Tom.

All day long, the pirates swam down and up, down and up, down and up. In the end, they each had a huge pile of treasure and huge grins on their faces.