George’s ideas

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

He’d had lots of ideas that would make the ship run more smoothly.

But the captain wouldn’t listen to any of his ideas.

His crewmates ignored him.

He even told the ship’s parrot, which just squawked and asked for a cracker.

George gave up caring, and became horribly depressed.

And then, the captain called for all hands on deck.

He announced all of George’s changes.

“We’ll be the best crew on the seas!” he said. “All thanks to this brilliant parrot’s ideas!”

George looked for a cracker to poison.