George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
So it was hard finding things for him to do that didn’t put the ship in danger.
Swabbing the deck, working in the galley and acting as the spotter in the crow’s nest were his usual jobs.
He worked the night watch a lot, and he heard that pirates who worked the night got a bonus.
“That’s not true,” said the captain. “Everybody gets paid the same.”
“That’s also not true,” said George’s shipmate, Ralph. “I get a shilling a night.”
George ended up sleeping both day and night.