George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
Old Smitty wasn’t much better, but he outranked George, and he bossed George around.
He made George do dumb or dangerous things.
Because George didn’t know any better, he’d go ahead and do it.
“That was dumb and dangerous, George,” said the captain. “Also, you did it wrong.”
“I’m just not a very good pirate,” said George.
So, the captain kicked George off the crew.
Standing on the dock, watching as his ship sailed away… and then exploded.
George figured that Old Smitty did something dumb and dangerous correctly.