George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
He tried to learn how to navigate by the stars, but he was more interested lying on his back on the deck at night and just looking at them.
Out on the sea, without any light pollution from human civilization, the night sky was absolutely stunning.
So was the collision when the ship hit some rocks that George was supposed to avoid.
George made it to the rowboat, while the rest of the crew sank with the ship.
George lay back in the rowboat and stared at the stars.