George the black belt

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

He’d practiced for years with his cutlass, but never got any better.

That’s when George saw an ad for Karate training.

He shrugged and signed up for classes.

After a few weeks, he got pretty good.

He tried Judo and Tae Kwon Do and other styles, too.

After a while, he’d earned black belts in all of them.

“Here, let me demonstrate,” said George happily, and he broke six boards with his fist.

As the ship slowly sank, the captain tied George to the mast with his black belts.