May I start by apologising for not visiting many of your blogs yesterday. My PC suffered a sudden and somewhat dramatic death and as a result, my day was spent acquiring and setting up a new one!
‘Let’s play pirates’ said John to his brother Jack. ‘Let’s pretend the garden is a tropical island. We’ll look for treasure, there’s bound to be some’.
‘I’ll get Daddy’s spade and a sack’ said Jack.
‘Twelve steps forward and two steps right’ said John looking at an imaginary treasure map in his hand. ‘I think it’s here’ he said pointing to a bit of garden with no flowers in it.
‘Watch out, there’s a tiger’ said Jack to John.
Tom the ginger cat stopped and stared for a moment or two, then wandered off. ‘Shiver my timbers’ said Jack, ‘that was close’.
‘Argh Jack lad, so it was’ said John. ’Look, there’s a parrot in that tree.’ He tap-tap-tapped his shoulder hoping it would come and sit on it. The pigeon flapped its wings and flew away!
They made a big hole
and burrowed and dug.
Rusty old nails,
a bit of a plate,
a handle that broke off a mug!
‘When Daddy sees this mess he’ll be cross’ said John.
‘He’ll make us walk the plank’ said Jack. ‘Yesterday he planted seeds here and now we’ve dug them up!
‘We’ll fill the hole and smooth the dirt, he’ll never know’ said John.
‘He will when his new plants don’t grow’ said Jack.
‘Or they grow upside-down’ John said.
‘But we are not afraid because we are pirates’.
‘Argh’ growled John.
‘Argh’ Jack growled back, ‘We are fearless’
‘Oh no!’ yelled John pointing to a little mouse as he ran for the kitchen door.
Tomorrow –
Previously A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
In 2018 – My Friend Rosey was writing Poetry
In 2017 – It was the Amble Bay Prizegiving
Keith's Ramblings 
Ah, what a tangled web we weave. The plants won’t grow and i’m sure father will figure out what his little pirates did. Great, fun story!
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I think they could be in a bit of trouble!
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I am still finding buried toys in my garden and my youngest is 38 years old! Can’t yell about it now.
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That’s funny!
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You did well to be up and running again so quickly. Another good entry in the challenge.
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’twas a busy day! Cheers.
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Love reading your little stories 🙂
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Thanks so much Duncan
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Did so well matey!
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So kind Sadje!
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and one of the little pirates is afraid of a mouse. They very well know to cover their tracks.
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Hope you are well settled with your new PC now.
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Not all pirates are brave! My new PC and I are getting along famously thank you!
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Such cute pirates. I hope, the plants do grow, not upside-down though and their dad isnt cross with them!!
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I’ll’ let you know in a couple of months! Thanks Shilpa
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Hysterical! At first I thought digging up the garden that was bare would be a good thing. Oops!!
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So did they until they remembered those darn seeds! Cheers Donna
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Hahaha! Such cute little pirates. I hope their Daddy doesn’t make them walk the plank if the plants don’t grow. Besides, I’m sure big Daddy has also done similar things when he was a kid pirate! Hope he remembers that and appreciates the “treasures” they’ve dug out! 😀 😛
P.S.- Getting a new PC in the middle of this challenge must have been super crazy and hectic! I hope you didn’t lose any data.
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As parents its always wise to remind ourselves that we were all kids once! Nothing lost fortunately as everything of any importance was backed up. Cheers Kaddu
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Keith,
I hope those two little pirates don’t get their pants busted for destroying the garden. I absolutely love the way you unfolded this story. You gave me an idea of how to integrate a children’s story about my little brother’s wild imagination. Thanks for the inspiration!
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I’m really pleased about that! Can’t wait for it to pop up your blog!
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Love the comment about the plants growing upsidedown. Now I imagine a world populated in this tipsy-turvy world.
I am catching up on posts so now off to Q and R.
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That’s the way kids think! Thanks so much visiting my stories Gail.
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Too darn cute. Arrrgggh.
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Haha, glad you found it so!
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