Snarfetta and Brunhilda were dismayed. What a crappy ship. The Whiskey Witch was the grittiest, the slimiest, the foulest place on the earth at that time, and two little girls stood on the deck shaking their heads - and one of them shook from head to toe also, as she was soaked. They wondered just what on earth these dirty pirates were going to do with the likes of them. They were both rather sensitive and at this point little Brunhilda began to cry but that did her no good, since Pirates are not impressed with crying, and think that it's fun to tip children who cry into the water a second time.
Like I said, they weren't very nice. The guffawing Ruffians dunked Brunhilda, again, and she would have gone hysterical but it was rather a shock and more fun to watch Snarfetta get mad and start yelling bad words again. It's never wise to irritate your captors, but at the same time there isn't much point in being nice to them either. After Snarfetta had aimed quite a good kick at the First's shin, smacking him hard with her wooden heel (fortunately for her she was wearing her shoes that day), the Pirates grabbed them both and threw them in a little dark locked room at the stern. The room smelled gross, but that was okay, since they found mounds of clothes, some of which were even reasonably clean (by the standards of Sorta Long Ago and Far Away). Since the girls were cold, they layered up. Brunhilda got rid of the rag she was wearing as a dress and was, in her new pirate clothes, much better off in the fashion department from that day forward. She wrapped a green silk scarf with violet polka dots around her neck, and held up her brown trousers with a wide burgundy-colored sash. Her curls she wrapped in a blue-and-red striped scarf, and her shirt was yellow. Very spiffy she looked, and Snarfetta looked every bit as wonderful, with a different, just as varied, array of colors. Where the Pirates got all the groovy togs the girls didn't like to think, since they were both nice girls who had been brought up to believe that it is not correct to nip things from other people's clotheslines, no matter how tempted you might be.
They were both very hungry. But lo and behold, Brunhilda had a large handful of Green Beans in her purse. In those days smart women wore their purses under their tunics, tied around their waists, and so the pirates were so far unaware that Brunhilda was in possession of Booty. Mostly in the form of Green Beans, which after all are not ruined but rather somewhat improved by the taste of seawater. It so happened that Snarfetta, whose sugar bun was now a thing of the past (a puppy got it), was not particularly fond of Green Beans, but she accepted her share without a grumble, and somewhat enjoyed the crunch.
Soon they fell asleep curled together like kittens on the carpet of stolen clothes.
Like I said, they weren't very nice. The guffawing Ruffians dunked Brunhilda, again, and she would have gone hysterical but it was rather a shock and more fun to watch Snarfetta get mad and start yelling bad words again. It's never wise to irritate your captors, but at the same time there isn't much point in being nice to them either. After Snarfetta had aimed quite a good kick at the First's shin, smacking him hard with her wooden heel (fortunately for her she was wearing her shoes that day), the Pirates grabbed them both and threw them in a little dark locked room at the stern. The room smelled gross, but that was okay, since they found mounds of clothes, some of which were even reasonably clean (by the standards of Sorta Long Ago and Far Away). Since the girls were cold, they layered up. Brunhilda got rid of the rag she was wearing as a dress and was, in her new pirate clothes, much better off in the fashion department from that day forward. She wrapped a green silk scarf with violet polka dots around her neck, and held up her brown trousers with a wide burgundy-colored sash. Her curls she wrapped in a blue-and-red striped scarf, and her shirt was yellow. Very spiffy she looked, and Snarfetta looked every bit as wonderful, with a different, just as varied, array of colors. Where the Pirates got all the groovy togs the girls didn't like to think, since they were both nice girls who had been brought up to believe that it is not correct to nip things from other people's clotheslines, no matter how tempted you might be.
They were both very hungry. But lo and behold, Brunhilda had a large handful of Green Beans in her purse. In those days smart women wore their purses under their tunics, tied around their waists, and so the pirates were so far unaware that Brunhilda was in possession of Booty. Mostly in the form of Green Beans, which after all are not ruined but rather somewhat improved by the taste of seawater. It so happened that Snarfetta, whose sugar bun was now a thing of the past (a puppy got it), was not particularly fond of Green Beans, but she accepted her share without a grumble, and somewhat enjoyed the crunch.
Soon they fell asleep curled together like kittens on the carpet of stolen clothes.
LOL!!!!! Green Beans!!!!!
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