Once upon a time, there was a Mermaid who lived deep in the sea. Ever since she was a little girl, she wanted to be a pirate on a pirate ship. She would dress up in her pirate hat and eye patch, waving her sword, screaming "Shiver me timbers!" to all who would listen. She stole pearls from the oysters and took the goldfishes’ gold.
The Mermaid longed for the day which she could be a real Pirate, sailing on pirate ship on the High Seas. She waited in the underground caverns with her buried treasure in hopes that she could lure in some pirates.
Then one day, the Mermaid's plan worked. A pirate ship set anchor in the harbor near the cavern.
“They must be able to smell the treasure,” the Mermaid said, smiling. “For I know I certainly can!”
The Pirates rowed small fishing boats ashore and tethered them along the rocks. One by one, they climbed through the narrow passageway that was the cave's entrance. There, on a rock in the center of an underground pool, the Mermaid sat, waiting.
“Greetings, fine gentlemen!” the Mermaid, taking a bow. “Are you here to look for buried treasure?”
"Aye, lass, we are! I am Captain Crook, criminal of the High Seas,” the Captain said, bowing as he took off his big purple hat. “And who might you be?”
“I am the Mighty Mer-Pirate, Pillager of the Low Seas,” the Mermaid said. “ I steal from the waters and the creatures below.”
“Well, Mighty Mer-Pirate – I’m afraid that your bounty will be ours! Argh!!!” Captain Crook said, laughing.
“Well, Captain Crook – I’m afraid that your fine ship will be mine!” the Mermaid said as she dove into the water and swam towards the pirate ship.
“Argh! After her, your filthy swine!” Captain Crook said, pointing at his crew.
The filthy pirates jumped back into their rows boats and rowed as fast they could. But they were not as fast as a mermaid swimming through the sea.
The Mermaid easily beat the pirates to the ship. The pirates shouted and cursed, calling the Mermaid horrible, slimy things.
She ignored their curses and climbed up a ladder, pulled up the anchor, and hosted the mast. Then the Mermaid stood at the helm of her ship and addressed the pirates below.
“Ahh, you poor Pirates, don’t you know – there is no honour among thieves, especially those who sail the Seas. Buried treasure for your ship – it’s not a bad deal – in fact, I’d say, it’s quite a good steal!” the Mermaid said laughing.
“Argh! You Slippery Fish! We’ll get you, if it's that last thing we ever do!” Captain Crook called.
And with that, the Mermaid sailed off in the waters, sailing the High Seas, at last. She put on her eye patch and plum coloured hat, the one with the grey feather sticking out of the back. She grabbed her sword and went to the wheel, screaming “Shiver me Timbers!” out to the whales and seals. She swobbed the deck with her tail, sliding up and down the wooden planks. She cursed at the parrot and spit overboard.
“A real Pirate, I am now, at last! And oh, how it is such a blast!” the Mermaid said.
© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, Angela Dawn MacKay
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