The Berenstain Bear and the "Pirate Cubs
Brother ; Avast, ye swabs
And an Arrr! to you.
Sister ; pirates all. - come join our crew.
It was early on a Saturday Moring. Brother, Sister, and Honey looked out the window and sighed. there were dark clouds forming on the horizon and it had stared to rain.
"What's wrong cubs?" asked Papa.
"We had planned to play pirates with Cousin Fred and Lizzy at the tree fort today," replied Brother.
"Yeah, but it's raining," said Sister.
"Raining," said Honey.
The cubs returned to gazing out the window with long look on their faces Papa just laughed out loud watching the cubs sulk.
"What's so funny Papa?" asked Sister.
"You cubs!" exclaimed Papa.
"What?" questioned Brother and Sister together.
"You cubs are just sulking around when you could still play your pirate game inside," stated Papa.
"But all of our stuff is at the tree fort," said Brother.
"Well, let's see if we can fix that," replied Papa. "Let's go to the basement and see what we can find."
Down in the basement, Papa Bear pulled out an old trunk full of stuff. there was a lot of old clothes and hats, Papa also found a pile of wood poles and some old table cloths they could uses to make a sail. Papa was going thought everything and commenting on what they could use it for.
"But Papa, we already have costumes," said Sister as he handed her a dress.
"Oh! Well, go change into them and meet me in the kitchen," replied Papa.
the cubs went up to their rooms and changed into the costumes. Honey had on a cut little dress that she had added some frills to. Sister had put on a pink shirt and jacket with some blue pants and boots. Brother had taken an old ripped pair of jeans and patched them up for part of his costume along with his red shirt.
a few muint late The Cubs met in the hallway and showed off their costume to each other. Sister did a quick twirl showing off her pink shirt and jacket. Honey tried to copy Sister but twired too much and fell down. Brother just laughed and stood in a dominant pose since he was the captain of the crew.
"Nice costumes cubs," said Papa as they entered the kitchen.
"Wow!" the cubs exclaimed together.
Papa has taped a wooden pole to the middle of the Kitchen table. he then folded an old white table cloths into a triangle and attached it to the pole as a sail. the chairs where moved to one side of the table and an old wheel was tied to the end of the table. finally Papa had placed an old bord at the edge of the table to be the plank.
"This is amazing Papa!" exclaimed Brother.
"Yeah Papa, incredible," said Sister.
"Incredible," said Honey.
The cubs climbed into there chairs and stared to play pirates, Brother was barking out orders while Sister steered the table boat. Honey just sat there swinging her legs and laughing. the cubs has already forgotten that it was raining outside.
"Cubs!" exclaimed Papa.
"Yes," they all chimed back.
"Did you have a story that you were going to act out?" questioned Papa.
"Kind of," said Sister.
"Yeah, we planned to sail to an island and have a treasure hunt," said Brother.
"Great idea! Well, I hid a treasure in the den, so sail away and good luck," said Papa.
"Cool. Raise the sails and push off yea mateys," commanded Brother.
"Hang on Brother," said Papa. "We need to make your costume more intimidating."
"Okay, sure," said Brother.
Papa pulled out a pair of scissors and beckoned for Brother to come to him. Papa sit down in a chair and look at Brother. Brother held still as Papa staring cutting off the sleeve of his shirt above the elbow.
"Won't Mama get mad at us for cutting up my shirt?" questioned Brother.
"No," said Papa.
"Okay," said Brother flexing his muscles and admiring his newly updated costume.
"Avast yea mateys, let's go get that treasure," yelled Brother to his crew.
Sister was getting a little tried of Brother being the captain and bossing her around, Papa noticed this and winked at her. while Brother was not looking Papa handed a lenght of rope to Sister and a rope to Honey.
"When he least expects it, jump him and tie him up," whispered Papa to Sister and Honey.
"Aye Aye," replied the two cubs.
A few moment later. Sister and Honey got their chance. Brother had his back turned to them and was looking out over the sea in search of treasure. Sister and Honey wasted no time and grabbed Brother by the arms.
"What are you doing?" commanded Brother.
But Sister and Honey did not listen. they pulled Brother's arms behind his back and Sister tied them tightly toghter with the rope. Honey bent down and Papa helped her tie Brother legs toghter. Brother could not believer what was happing.
"What is going on?" commanded Brother but that was all he got out as Sister gagged him with a handkerchief.
"Mppphh!" yelled Brother.
"Quiet now!" demanded Sister. "We are in charge now!"
"In charge," said Honey.
"Mpph, mpph, mppphh," said Brother.
"What should we do with Brother?" asked Honey to Sister.
"Let's make him walk the plank!" exclaimed Sister.
"Yeah, walk the plank," yelled Honey clapping her hands.
Papa heard the ides and wanted to help. he told the Cubs to waite for a minute and left the Kitchen. when he retuned. he was in his Bath suit and had a gray cardboard fin attached to his bare back Papa was now a big hungry shark!
"This shark is very hungry," said Papa. "Let me help you get rid of your tied up captain."
"Great plan Papa," said Sister.
"Mph," was all Brother could say as he was lifted onto the kitchen table.
Brother was now standing at the edge of the table looking down at his shirtless Papa acting like a hungry shark. Brother had been tightly restrained by his sisters and now they were going to feed him to the sharks. Brother gave his sisters a pleading look, but they just pointed their thumbs down.
Sister and Honey "said jump.
"Mpph, mmpphhh!" exclaimed Brother.
"It's over Brother," said Sister. "Now jump down there and let the shark eat you all up!"
"Eat him up," said Honey laughing.
Brother knew there was no way out of this he jumped off the table as best as he could since his ankles were tightly bound. Papa the shark caught Brother and held him to the floor. Papa made munching sounds soon Papa burped which meant that Brother had been completely devoured.
"Yeah, we now have our own ship," said Sister.
Brother just laid down on the kitchen floor and watched his sisters dance happily around. he had been captain of the ship earlier, but was now shake bit. Papa the shake was lounging around after having devoured such a big meal as Brother.
suddenly the Kitchen door opened and Mama came in. she has just returned from her quilting club meeting. upon entering the house. she noticed the charanger Papa had made to the table and her two daughters dancing around. she let her gaze fall to the floor where she saw Brother still bound tightly and Papa lounging with his back to the wall.
"Ahem!" said Mama.
"Oh dear, you're home early," said Papa with a worried look on his face.
"Would anyone mind explaining what is going on here?" questioned Mama.
"Um, well, the cubs wanted to play pirates," stammered out Papa.
"Okay, and whose idea was it to tie Brother up and cut up his shirt like that?" Mama questioned.
"Papa's," said Sister quickly as she grabbed Honey and fled the room.
"Really?" said Mama.
"Yes dear," said Papa.
"Mpphh, Mmpphh!" exclaimed Brother.
Mama picked Brother up off the ground and untied his arms. she pulled his shirt off over his head. Mama know she was going to have a lot of work trying to mend Brother shirt. Mama place a White shite on Brother. tied Brother's arms back behind his back and carried him to the couch in the living room.
"Mph," said Brother confused at what was going on.
Mama did not respond and left Brother tied up sitting on the couch. soon Mama returned leading a bath suit Papa towards the couch. Brother's noticed that she has tied Papa's arms behind his back. Mama made Papa sit beside Brother and she has tied his leg toghter.
"I'll deal with the two of you later," said Mama as she left the room.
Brother and Papa looked at each other with worried look on their faces. they had no ideas what Mama has planned for them late. Brother has no idea why his sisters got way without any punishment.
"Mpphh, mpphh, mpphhhh!" said Brother, tired of being gagged.
"Don't know what you said, but I'm sure Mama's going to punish us somehow later," said Papa.
"Mmpphh!" said Brother.
"You betcha!" said Papa.