âIâll find you a little something to eat.â
As Sal disappeared into the kitchen, Isis looked round and wrinkled her nose.
âThis place is disgusting,â she said loudly. She poked the tabletop and shuddered. âYuck. Itâs sticky.â
âThen donât touch it!â Tom said.
âThis place isnât fit for a princess!â Isis protested.
Tom lowered his voice to whisper. âKeep your voice down. Iâm not sure these pirates would take kindly to you insulting their favourite hang-out.â
Sal returned and slammed two tankards down on the table. âGrog,â he announced. âDrink up!â
Tom sipped the drink⦠and immediately spat it out.
âUgh! Sal, what do they put in this? Washing-up liquid?â he cried.
âNo idea what youâre talking about, shipmate. Itâll put hairs on your chest.â
Sal swigged the contents of his tankard. Grog poured down the sides of his chin and on to his shirt. Then he went back to work in the kitchen.
Pretending to drink, Tom and Isis listened to what was being said by a scary-looking group of pirates at the next table.
âSo, Jones tells me there be a Spanish merchant ship leaving Cuba,â one man said, glancing round to make sure no one else was listening.
âWhatâs it carrying?â another asked, scratching his nose with his dagger hilt. âWill there be rum and spices and sugar andââ
âAye,â the first man said, nodding. âAnd cotton too. But listenâ¦â he looked round again, then whispered, âItâs got a chest full of gold!â
âOoooooh!â the other pirates gasped.
Tom was just about to nudge Isis when there was a crash, followed by gunshots. Tom turned round and saw a huge, fearsome man standing in the doorway pointing a gun into the room. He had the biggest, blackest beard Tom had ever seen. His bushy whiskers were plaited with colourful ribbons at the end. Tom gulped.
Suddenly every man in the inn started screaming as loud bangs, pops and flashes of light exploded round the man.
âWeâre under attack!â Sal yelled.
Tom dived to the floor, and pulled Isis down with him. A terrified Cleo leaped into Isisâs arms.
âUnder the table â quick!â Tom said.
As he, Isis and Cleo hid beneath the table, another explosion went off with a terrifying BANG!
Copyright
First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins
Childrenâs Books
in 2013
HarperCollins
Childrenâs Books
is a division of HarperCollins
Publishers
Ltd,
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The HarperCollins website address is: www.harpercollins.co.uk
Text © Hothouse Fiction 2013
Illustrations © HarperCollins
Childrenâs Books
, 2013
Illustrations by Dynamo
Source ISBN: 978000751045
Ebook Edition © July 2013 ISBN: 9780007514052
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As Sal disappeared into the kitchen, Isis looked round and wrinkled her nose.
âThis place is disgusting,â she said loudly. She poked the tabletop and shuddered. âYuck. Itâs sticky.â
âThen donât touch it!â Tom said.
âThis place isnât fit for a princess!â Isis protested.
Tom lowered his voice to whisper. âKeep your voice down. Iâm not sure these pirates would take kindly to you insulting their favourite hang-out.â
Sal returned and slammed two tankards down on the table. âGrog,â he announced. âDrink up!â
Tom sipped the drink⦠and immediately spat it out.
âUgh! Sal, what do they put in this? Washing-up liquid?â he cried.
âNo idea what youâre talking about, shipmate. Itâll put hairs on your chest.â
Sal swigged the contents of his tankard. Grog poured down the sides of his chin and on to his shirt. Then he went back to work in the kitchen.
Pretending to drink, Tom and Isis listened to what was being said by a scary-looking group of pirates at the next table.
âSo, Jones tells me there be a Spanish merchant ship leaving Cuba,â one man said, glancing round to make sure no one else was listening.
âWhatâs it carrying?â another asked, scratching his nose with his dagger hilt. âWill there be rum and spices and sugar andââ
âAye,â the first man said, nodding. âAnd cotton too. But listenâ¦â he looked round again, then whispered, âItâs got a chest full of gold!â
âOoooooh!â the other pirates gasped.
Tom was just about to nudge Isis when there was a crash, followed by gunshots. Tom turned round and saw a huge, fearsome man standing in the doorway pointing a gun into the room. He had the biggest, blackest beard Tom had ever seen. His bushy whiskers were plaited with colourful ribbons at the end. Tom gulped.
Suddenly every man in the inn started screaming as loud bangs, pops and flashes of light exploded round the man.
âWeâre under attack!â Sal yelled.
Tom dived to the floor, and pulled Isis down with him. A terrified Cleo leaped into Isisâs arms.
âUnder the table â quick!â Tom said.
As he, Isis and Cleo hid beneath the table, another explosion went off with a terrifying BANG!
Copyright
First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins
Childrenâs Books
in 2013
HarperCollins
Childrenâs Books
is a division of HarperCollins
Publishers
Ltd,
77-85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London,W6 8JB.
The HarperCollins website address is: www.harpercollins.co.uk
Text © Hothouse Fiction 2013
Illustrations © HarperCollins
Childrenâs Books
, 2013
Illustrations by Dynamo
Source ISBN: 978000751045
Ebook Edition © July 2013 ISBN: 9780007514052
Version 1
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.
About the Publisher
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HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
Level 13, 201 Elizabeth Street
Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
http://www.harpercollins.com.au/ebooks
Canada
HarperCollins Canada
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Toronto, ON, M4W, 1A8, Canada
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