George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
To keep George distracted from pirate duties, like firing cannon or standing on dead men’s chests, the captain assigned George to take care of the ship’s cat.
The cat’s job was to catch bilge rats.
George decided that more cats would mean more bilge rats caught.
But that led to an overpopulation of cats.
George bought some dogs to hunt the cats.
And then some bears to hunt the dogs.
Pretty soon, the ship was packed with angry, vicious animals.
The crew hid in the bilge with the rats.