Captain Pugwash and the Mutiny Quotes

“He was also putting the finishing touches to a large notice which he had written out. In fact he had just signed his name at the bottom when there was a knock on his door and the Mate came in looking rather uncomfortable.”

“Doddering dolphins, Master Mate,” he cried. ‘Pirates should be desperadoes_not do-gooders! Take this notice and nail it to the main mast immediately! Things are going to be very different aboard this ship from now on!”

“Never mind,′ thought Willy, as he climbed up the anchor chain, ‘at least there’ll be a nice hot cup o’tea soon.”

“They couldn’t sail the ship without Tom to tell them what to do; they didn’t know how to cook, because Tom gad always done that, too. So they were reduced to eating the despised ship’s biscuits, weevils and all, and that evening they climbed miserably into their unmade bunks...”

“It was quite early in the morning, and the Black Pig lay at anchor in the shelter of a little rock bay, by an island far away in the blue Pacific ocean. On any other day Captain Pugwash and his pirates would still have been fast asleep, but this morning was different.”

“But Barnabas wasn’t very clever with sails. He untied the wrong ropes, and a moment later, down came the whole of the main sail....crash! Willy didn’t fare much better with the anchor.”

“A mutiny on board the Black Pig! Captain Pugwash is cast ashore and his crew take over the ship.”

“But without their Captain and his clever cabin boy Tom, the crew soon run into big trouble - the unexpected arrival of the deadly Cut-throat Jake and his nasty crew ...”

“Well, who would ‘ave though it?’ said Pirate Willy, as they watched the little boat moving further and further away from the Black Pig. There weren’t too worried about doing without their Captain, but losing Tom was a disaster.”

“Earlier that evening, he had cooked a delicious dinner, and now Captain Pugwash was savouring a fine old French brandy before going to bed. In fact, he was just turning in for the night...”