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wanted to know all about being a pirate and going to Pirate School.
    â€œHave you ever found any treasure?” Jack asked.
    â€œAye! Shiny treasure,” Inna said. She showed Jack her necklace and told him that it was from the first treasure she ever found.
    â€œHave you ever seen any sea monsters?” Jack asked.
    I shook my head.
    â€œBut we did fight a giant snake once!” Gary said.
    Inna gave Gary a mean look. Inna absolutely, positively hated snakes more than anything in the world. “Arrr! I told you not to bring up that snake ever again!”
    â€œSorry. I forgot,” Gary said.
    Jack wanted to know all about it, but it was getting late.
    â€œArrr! We have to get back to the Sea Rat ,” I said.
    â€œAye, we have to report all the strange things we saw,” Inna said.
    â€œOur whole ship might be in danger,” Gary added.
    â€œThen you’d better hurry,” Jack said. “I’ll show you a shortcut.”
    â€œThanks, matey!” I said.
    â€œAye, you’re not so bad for a landlubber,” Aaron added.
    â€œAnd you’re not so bad for a big mouth,” Jack added.
    That made us all giggle. Except for Aaron, who frowned.
    Then Jack showed us the way back to the docks. He waved good-bye as we boarded the ship. We waved, too, and promised to visit if we ever came back to King’s Island again.

Chapter 5
    Rotten Report
    Rotten Tooth was waiting for us on the deck of the Sea Rat . We formed a straight line in front of him. Then we gave him a salute. Even if he was mean and rotten, he was still our teacher.
    â€œPirate Pete reporting for duty,” I said.
    Rotten Tooth scratched his pointy beard and flashed a green-toothed smile. “Arrr! Did ye sprogs get everything on the list?”
    â€œAye aye!” Vicky said.
    â€œEvery last thing,” Inna said. Then she pinched her nose. “Even the hog’s head,” she told him.
    Rotten Tooth went over to the boxes and started to count them. But pirates aren’t very good at counting, so he stopped at five. “Arrr! I’ll take ye word for it,” he said.
    Then he told us we were dismissed for the day.
    â€œArrr! But don’t you want to hear our report?” I asked.
    Rotten Tooth looked confused. “What report be that?” he asked.
    I looked at Vicky and made a silly face.
    She covered her mouth to hide a giggle.
    â€œHe forgot about the sneaky part of our mission,” I whispered.
    Only I didn’t whisper it quietly enough, because Rotten Tooth heard me. He had the best hearing on the ship. Sometimes I thought he could hear things that hadn’t even been whispered yet.
    â€œArrr! What’s this about a sneaky part?” he asked.
    â€œYou told us to keep our eyes and ears open,” I reminded him. “We did! And we saw a lot of suspicious stuff,” I said.
    â€œAye! We think there are rival pirates on King’s Island,” Gary added. “We think they might have followed us around.”
    Rotten Tooth started to snicker. He didn’t believe us. So Inna pulled the list from her pocket. She stepped up to Rotten Tooth and showed it to him. “Aye, and here’s the proof!” she said.
    Rotten Tooth started to read the list.
    Then he started to laugh. Soon he was laughing so hard, he filled the sails.
    â€œWhat’s so funny?” Aaron asked.
    Rotten Tooth folded the list and tried his best to stop laughing. “Ye scurvy litter have a wild imagination,” he said. He said there was nothing suspicious about the stuff on our list.
    â€œAye? What about the hat store?” I asked.
    â€œAye! And the map store?” Aaron added.
    â€œAye, and the mean looks?” Gary asked.
    Rotten Tooth laughed again. Then he told us that those stores sell things for landlubbers, not pirates. “And all landlubbers think pirates be a bit dirty. That’s why they gave you dirty looks. Ye savvy?”
    I thought about