George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
He was in charge of supplies, so when the ship ran out of food and water and everything else, George was in a bind.
“I have an idea,” he said.
So, the captain sailed right up to a British Navy vessel and surrendered.
As the British captain ordered his men to board, the pirates snuck on to the British ship and took it over.
And then sailed away, laughing.
The British discovered that the pirates had taken the sails with them.
But they hadn’t taken George.
“Oops,” said George.