George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
He was a lot better at being a pen-pal, and he sent letters to many people around the world.
Since he was out at sea a lot, they took a long time to hand off to a post office at port.
So George decided to become a full-time naval postal carrier.
He organized other carriers to transport messages from ship to ship.
Until the captain put an end to his fledgling enterprise.
“Raise the Jolly Roger,” said the captain. “And fire the cannon. That’s the only message we’ll send.”