George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
The captain always held an end-of-the-year party for the crew.
George didn’t like crowds, so he volunteered to the skeleton crew that would watch the ship while the rest of the crew went to the party.
The captain would leave a list of chores for the skeleton crew to do.
Scrape barnacles. Swab the deck. Clean out the cannon.
George crumbled up the list, threw it over the rail, and climbed up to the crow’s nest.
He watched the sunset over the harbor and enjoyed the peace and quiet.