Chapter Sixteen
Yo Ho Yo Ho a Pirate's Life For Me
Tonight Jenna leaves!!! So excited!!! It is about 6:00 p.m., and I wish she would hurry up and go to bed, but I know there is no chance she will go to bed before 10 at least. Too bad.
"So…you ready to go?" I said leading her to her room.
"Well, actually, I was thinking about staying here. Like you did! Wouldn't that be great?" She said. Then she saw the look on my face. "Lana, you ok?"
Then everybody looked at me because I screamed. SCREAM
"Lana? Are you ok with that?"
"No! You are going home whether you like it here or not! Now get in there and go to sleep!" I pushed her into the room and shut the door. Then I hid around the corner knowing that she would come right back out. "Do you ever listen?" I asked then walked off.
I knew she wasn't going to bed for a while so I just ignored her till she did. "Hey, have you seen Peter, Jack, or Will?" I asked Elizabeth as I sat down next to her.
"No, I haven't seen them since…since…all day." She said doing that little thing where you blow on their stomach.
"Ok. I will go look for them."
All of a sudden, I heard a loud CRASH!!! I think it came from the rum seller. Well, of course, I wanted to know what it was, who wouldn't? So,
I went over to open the door, but then I heard a noise come from the inside. It sounded like someone throwing a shoe at an alley cat, if you have ever heard that before, and if you haven't, you are VERY lucky! My aunt lives by an alley, and every night the same cats come and howl at the moon (I thought only wolves do that). So, her neighbor always TRIES to hit it with a shoe, well, he has HORRIBLE aim. So he loses a shoe almost every night, well, not my point, but he is stupid. So, yeah, the cats get really annoying. And you just wasted about 20 seconds reading half of that paragraph that is irrelevant to my point!!! Aren't you just so thrilled!?! Well, back to the story! After a few minutes I realized someone was singing, horribly. I could make out a few verses:
"Yo ho, yo ho, a
pirate's life for me.
We pillage, we plunder, we rifle, and loot,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
We kidnap and ravage and don't
give a hoot,
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
Yo ho, yo ho, a
pirate's life for me.
We extort, we pilfer, we filch, and sack,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
Maraud and embezzle, and even
high-jack,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
Yo ho, yo ho, a
pirate's life for me.
We kindle and char, inflame and ignite,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
We burn up the city, we're
really a fright,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
We're rascals,
scoundrels, villans, and knaves,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
We're devils and black sheep, really bad eggs,
Drink up, me
'earties, yo ho.
Yo ho, yo ho, a
pirate's life for me.
We're beggars and blighters, ne'er-do-well
cads,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
Aye, but we're loved by
our mommies and dads,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho."