Reply #14: A pirate captain and his crew were in danger [View All]

[mac56]

of being boarded by another ship. As the crew became frantic, the captain bellowed to his First Mate, "Yarrrr, bring me my red shirt!"

The First Mate quickly retrieved the captain's red shirt, which the captain put on and led the crew to battle the pirate boarding party. Although some casualties occurred among the crew, the pirates were repelled.

Later that day, the lookout screamed that there were two enemy vessels sending boarding parties. The crew cowered in fear, but calm as ever, the captain bellowed, "Yarrrr, bring me my red shirt!"

Once again the battle was on. The captain and crew repelled both boarding parties, though more casualties occurred.

Weary from the battles, the men sat around on deck that night recounting the day's occurrences. The First Mate looked to the captain and asked, "Sir, why did you call for your red shirt before the battle?"

The captain exhorted, "Yarrrr, if I be wounded in battle, the red shirt does not show the wound, so you men will continue to fight unafraid." The men sat in silence, marveling at the courage of such a man.

As dawn came the next morning, the lookout screamed that there were enemy ships, ten of them, all with boarding parties on their way. The men became silent and looked to the captain, their leader, for the command.

Calm as ever, the captain bellowed, "Yarrrr, bring me my brown pants!"