George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
For the Pirate Halloween Pumpkin Carving Contest, other pirates made spooky and scary jack-o-lanterns.
George made a cute fluffy kitten.
The ears moved and eyes blinked, and it mewed every few seconds.
“The heat from the candle powers that mechanism,” said George.
The notorious Blackbeard the Pirate was the contest judge, and he walked along the table, inspecting every entry.
When he got to George’s pumpkin, he looked it up and down, and from all around.
Then he picked it up, held it high…
And smashed it to bits.