George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
He wasn’t even good at the basics, such as tying knots.
He had many diagrams to study from.
But he just couldn’t master the art of connecting a rope to something else, or connecting a rope to another rope.
The other pirates made fun of George for this, and they mocked and ridiculed him constantly.
Despondent, George threw a rope over a crossbeam, made a hangman’s noose, and put it around his neck.
The crossbeam splintered and cracked, bringing down the roof.
George wasn’t good at building houses, either.