The Gathering of Pirates

Before the following story was read, everyone put on pirate gear found in their party bags. It was the biggest gathering of pirates ever...at least on our Court!






Keona, the pirate, sprang out of bed with a big “ARGHHHHHH!”. He was excited about the day because it was his PIRATE birthday. He would be celebrating three years of being the biggest, meanest pirate around. In fact, he had such a fierce reputation that he was known far and wide as BIG K. He was one down and dirty pirate!

He didn’t know exactly what was going to happen, but he knew that it would be BIG (find pirate word). Big K got out of bed and went into his kitchen (galley). On the table he found a box that with his name on it. It was from one of his favorite Pirate friends, Camille. A card read….Happy Birthday, Big K. I hope that you and your first mate, Kalani will have a big adventure in these new clothes I made especially for you! Big K took out the clothes and put them on. They were fabulous. (stand up Keona) He knew that he could be really BIG AND MEAN in these clothes. He knew they were good clothes because his Uncle Bubba and his mates, Tony and Dana, had shown him how to dress like the fiercest pirate around.

He showed the clothes to Kalani, his first mate, who also put them on and smiled a big toothless smile. Kalani was mean, too. He was so mean, someone had knocked out all his teeth!

Next Big K saw that someone had pushed an envelope under his door. He picked it up and opened it. It was a TREASURE MAP. (SHOW MAP) “Arghhhhhhh!” he yelled excitedly. “I knew it was going to be a great day.” He looked at his first mate and said, “Ahoy Matey! Let’s go on a treasure hunt”. Me Nana and Papa have slipped me the treasure map that hides the greatest treasure of all time. Let’s call our friend Maddie to help find it.”

Maddie was really excited about the treasure hunt. She had her hat, an eyepatch and a sword and she was ready to go. (show hat, sword, eyepatch) “I can’t wait to go,” she said. “But we should get some more friends to help us. I heard that some very fierce and mean pirates – Ashy, Matt-Matt, and Ryann –(STAND UP) are guarding that treasure and we will need many swashbucklers to get it away from them.” So Big K, Kalani, and Maddie went to find their friends.

Next door, Ivy, a very happy pirate, was counting her pieces of gold. (SHOWER CANDY) “Ahoy thar maties! Can I come too? I need some more doubloons to fill my treasure chest!” Big K said yes because he knew she was good at finding things.

Around the corner they found….Lydia, Elise, and Mason. They were playing princess but thought it would be fun to be pirates for the day. Big K was unsure, but pirate Ivy said “Princesses can be the fiercest pirates of all when they need to be!” Elise yelled “Arghhhh!” in agreement. And off they all went.

Further along they saw Tommy, Daniel, and Kenny. “Hello you scalliwags!” Kalani called. “We need your help to find some lost treasure!” “Well, Shiver our timbers!” they replied. “We didn’t think there were any pieces of eight left to find anywhere. Ayyyy!!! That makes us happy pirates. Can we use our swords to get the buried booty?” they asked. “Aye me hearties!” Keona exclaimed, “We will have to fight some of the biggest, meanest pirates around. Thar will be much fighting!”

They finally found the last of their pirate friends—Sydney, Hannah, Ashley, Rush and Selina--sharing big mugs of root beer under a tree. They were singing their favorite song, “Yo ho, ho and a frothy root beer!” “Ahoy thar maties! Where you be off to me hearties?” asked Sydney the smallest, but hardiest in the group. She was ready for an adventure! “We are going to fight the scalliwags who are hiding our treasure—we need a few more mates to help us. Do you want to come, me beauties?” asked Big K in his nicest voice. “Ay”, they said in unison. “We need to find some jewels for our collection and we want to have a sword fight!”

Now that we are all together, let’s go find the treasure!!!!! Arghhhhhh!!!!!