George releases the kraken

George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.

Instead of looting and pillaging, he liked to collect small animals.

His favorite was a baby kraken, which he’d kept in a jar by his bunk.

Then, a small tub.

And finally… well… there was no containing it now.

The kraken burst through the deck, grabbing pirates and rending the sails.

Then it hauled itself over the rail and plunged into the sea.

“Well, shit,” sighed the captain.

“Poor Bubbles!” said George.

The survivors stared at George.

“Bubbles was a freshwater kraken,” said George, “and we’re on the ocean.”