George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
Most pirates navigate by landmarks or by the stars, but George preferred a technique that he’d read in a book:
He left a trail of breadcrumbs in the water.
“We can follow them back to port,” he said.
The other pirates pointed out to George that this used up their food supply quickly and that the birds and fish ate all of the breadcrumbs, leaving the pirates without a trail.
George tore up his book of Brothers Grimm fairy tales and left a trail of shredded paper to follow.