1 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: This is part two of last week's story, So if 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,240 you haven't listened to part one, then i'd suggest you 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:10,080 go back and start there, unless, of course, you prefer 4 00:00:10,199 --> 00:00:13,320 listening to stories in reverse. It's cool with me if 5 00:00:13,359 --> 00:00:18,519 you do. Let's get into it. Hello, well, story time 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,399 really not a glory time. Rabbit stand and you'll be fine. 7 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:24,519 Follow the whole storyline. Hello, well, story time? Might you 8 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:30,760 laugh at least one time? Well, story time, isn't it 9 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:32,600 a real pain in the rump when you wake up 10 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:34,200 on a pirate ship in the middle of the night 11 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:36,399 to see a girl from another ship pointing a cannon 12 00:00:36,439 --> 00:00:38,880 at your ship? It's certainly not how I like to 13 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,000 wake up on pirate ships. Ray had to first make 14 00:00:42,039 --> 00:00:44,920 sure he wasn't dreaming. This did, after all, feel very 15 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,600 much like a dream, But ten painful pinches later, Ray 16 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:52,719 confirmed he was definitely not dreaming. He rubbed his sleepy 17 00:00:52,719 --> 00:00:54,640 eyes and peeked out the little round window in his 18 00:00:54,719 --> 00:00:58,600 cabin one more time. Man, could they seriously not have 19 00:00:58,679 --> 00:01:03,719 made these windows any bigger? He grumbled, what gifts? Unsure 20 00:01:03,759 --> 00:01:06,239 whether the girl was actually planning to fire her cannon, 21 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:08,560 Ray decided to head up on deck and speak with her. 22 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:11,920 The two ships were close, but not so close that 23 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:16,079 they could speak without shouting. Excuse me, why are you 24 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:21,840 pointing a cannon at my ship? What? I said, Why 25 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:27,000 are you pointing a cannon at my ship? What? Why 26 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:31,920 are you pointing a cannon at my ship? Huh? Ray 27 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,200 stopped himself before saying it again. This had potential to 28 00:01:35,239 --> 00:01:38,799 go on for a while. Although cell phones did not 29 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,760 exist in the year seventeen fifty, they did have something 30 00:01:41,799 --> 00:01:46,000 you could use in situations like these, speaking trumpets, cone 31 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,680 shaped horns that could amplify your voice when speaking over 32 00:01:48,719 --> 00:01:53,319 long distances. Ray tried asking his question again, but this 33 00:01:53,439 --> 00:01:56,640 time while speaking through a brass horn. The girl on 34 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:58,959 the other ship heard the question more clearly this time 35 00:01:59,079 --> 00:02:02,000 and even began answer, But now Ray couldn't quite hear 36 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:06,879 what she was saying. What he called out. The girl 37 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,120 tried again, but Ray still couldn't make out all the 38 00:02:09,159 --> 00:02:13,800 words what. Thankfully, the girl went and found her own 39 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:18,000 speaking trumpet. Before this continued any further, hey Man said 40 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:22,039 the girl, sounding much louder than before. Hey said Ray back, 41 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:27,039 I like your ship, said the girl. Oh, answered Ray, 42 00:02:27,039 --> 00:02:29,520 who was not expecting her to say that, I am 43 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,439 like your ship too. This was followed by a long, 44 00:02:33,479 --> 00:02:35,599 awkward silence where neither kid could think of what to 45 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,280 say next. Then Ray remembered what he had tried to 46 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,400 ask earlier. So are you about to make a big 47 00:02:41,439 --> 00:02:45,080 hole in my ship? Ray saw the girl shrug her shoulders. 48 00:02:45,479 --> 00:02:49,360 I don't have to, she eventually answered, So far this 49 00:02:49,439 --> 00:02:51,639 had been the weirdest conversation Ray had ever been a 50 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,159 part of. Well, could you maybe not point a cannon 51 00:02:55,159 --> 00:02:58,439 at my ship? Then the girl said something else, but 52 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:00,479 Ray couldn't hear what she had said because she had 53 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,639 forgotten to speak into the horn. You know what, I'm 54 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,520 just gonna come over there, said Ray. But he forgot 55 00:03:06,599 --> 00:03:08,319 to speak into the horn as well, and so the 56 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:13,960 girl shouted back what Ray carefully lowered a small rowboat 57 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,680 into the water using ropes attached to a pulley system. 58 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,520 He then row rowed his boat gently over to the 59 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,560 other ship, where he then had to figure out how 60 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:25,159 to climb aboard without his little rowboat drifting away. It 61 00:03:25,199 --> 00:03:27,520 took a really long time before Ray was finally standing 62 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:31,000 in front of the girl. Took you long enough, she 63 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:35,039 said to Ray. But welcome aboard. The name's Blackbeard. Eh, 64 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,159 just kidding, that would be weird since I don't have 65 00:03:37,199 --> 00:03:41,400 a beard. My real name's Alaska. What's your name? Ray 66 00:03:41,439 --> 00:03:44,240 tried to think of his own cool pirate name. I'm 67 00:03:44,319 --> 00:03:50,039 a Ray Beard, Ray Beard Silver. Alaska was not impressed 68 00:03:50,039 --> 00:03:53,120 by his made up pirate name. Well, I'm just gonna 69 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,439 call you Ray. So Ray, what brings you on over? 70 00:03:57,639 --> 00:03:59,599 It had been so long, Ray almost forgot what had 71 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,400 brought up over. Oh yeah, the cannon. I'm here because 72 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,479 it looked like you were considering making a big hole 73 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,080 in my ship, So I'm here to say, how about 74 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:11,719 you don't do that. Ray was already feeling better since 75 00:04:11,759 --> 00:04:14,400 meeting Alaska. This friendly girl did not seem like the 76 00:04:14,439 --> 00:04:17,120 blast a hole in your ship type. This was probably 77 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:21,240 just a big misunderstanding. Don't worry, Ray, I'm not going 78 00:04:21,319 --> 00:04:24,360 to fire a cannon at your ship, could you imagine? 79 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:28,600 Ray sighed, whew, I'd only do that if you didn't 80 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,800 hand back the treasure that you took from us. You 81 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:35,040 only get one warning. And suddenly it all made sense. 82 00:04:35,639 --> 00:04:38,000 Ray had thought there was something familiar about this ship, 83 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,000 and now he knew it was because he had already 84 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,360 been aboard this ship just the day before Alaska and 85 00:04:43,399 --> 00:04:46,959 her family, where Backshall reclaimed the treasure that Ray had stolen, or, 86 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,680 as he would rather put it, borrowed from them forever. 87 00:04:52,439 --> 00:05:01,240 Oh that was your treasure. Oh oh, I'm terribly sorry 88 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:03,800 about that. Ray looked over the side of the ship 89 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,839 where his father had fired a cannon at the hole. Hey, 90 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,319 look at that nice patch job, Alaska. You'd almost never 91 00:05:10,399 --> 00:05:12,360 know there was once a big hole there. And just 92 00:05:12,399 --> 00:05:14,319 so you know, I did try to stop my dad 93 00:05:14,319 --> 00:05:17,879 from doing that. Alaska was no longer looking like the 94 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:19,959 friendly person Ray had pegged her for just a few 95 00:05:19,959 --> 00:05:24,040 minutes earlier. The treasure, Ray, can you just hurry up 96 00:05:24,079 --> 00:05:26,800 and give me back my treasure? In case you hadn't noticed, 97 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:28,519 it's the middle of the night, and I'd kind of 98 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:30,319 like to get back to sleep. I don't need my 99 00:05:30,319 --> 00:05:32,920 parents making comments in the morning about me seeming grumpy. 100 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,160 Ray was more than happy to oblige. After all, he 101 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,120 still considered himself a good guy. Just because he was 102 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,160 born into a pirate family and happened to be really 103 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:44,560 good at pirating didn't mean he couldn't still somehow be 104 00:05:44,639 --> 00:05:47,279 a good guy. Giving this girl her treasure back would 105 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:51,720 be proof of that. Absolutely Alaska, I'm even going to 106 00:05:51,759 --> 00:05:54,399 ignore the fact that you forgot to say please pat you. Now, 107 00:05:54,639 --> 00:05:56,680 in hindsight, this would have been a lot easier if 108 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:58,879 you had come over to my ship instead. Now I 109 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,279 have to go back there, help you load the treasure, 110 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,519 bring a bag over here, then go back to my 111 00:06:03,639 --> 00:06:06,560 ship again. Ray laughed, thinking this was a bit of 112 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:10,639 a funny situation. Alaska did not think it was very funny. 113 00:06:11,759 --> 00:06:15,839 All right, chuckles, let's get moving here. Ray was about 114 00:06:15,879 --> 00:06:18,040 to get moving when you remember the treasure was no 115 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:22,519 longer on his ship. He had already buried it. So Alaska, 116 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,040 if you didn't think that was funny, then you may 117 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:27,480 not find this as hilarious as I do. But I 118 00:06:27,519 --> 00:06:31,839 don't actually have your treasure. Yep. Ray was correct. She 119 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:36,439 did not find this hilarious. Well, Ray, She began her 120 00:06:36,439 --> 00:06:40,879 eyes growing terrifyingly wide. Unsheath, you're cutlass and prepared to duel. 121 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,240 Ray didn't do any of that. He still wasn't up 122 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,839 to speed on all of this pirate lingo, Unsheath, my 123 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:52,279 what he asked? Alaska grabbed her horn and said it again. 124 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:54,879 Ray had to cover his ears. It was so loud. 125 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,759 Yiker rooneys. I heard you find the first time. I 126 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:01,839 just didn't know what you meant by any that. Alaska 127 00:07:01,879 --> 00:07:05,800 on sheathed her own cutlass, and now Ray understood, Oh, 128 00:07:05,959 --> 00:07:08,000 you were talking about having a sword fight with our 129 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:11,319 pirate swords. Well you should have just said so, though 130 00:07:11,439 --> 00:07:13,639 I don't actually have a pirate sword, so you know 131 00:07:13,879 --> 00:07:16,360 that might be a problem. I wasn't expecting to have 132 00:07:16,399 --> 00:07:17,759 a sword fight in the middle of the night with 133 00:07:17,759 --> 00:07:19,439 a girl I thought was a lot more friendly than 134 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,879 the way you're behaving right now, And like, my parents 135 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,199 don't even trust me with a butter knife. Ray now 136 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:29,160 realized something. Wait, does this mean you're a pirate too? 137 00:07:30,279 --> 00:07:32,920 Alaska was shaking her head like some disappointed grown up, 138 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:37,000 becoming more frustrated by the minute. Ray, Did it seriously 139 00:07:37,079 --> 00:07:40,519 take you this long to realize that clearly this girl 140 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:44,519 did not know Ray very well? Alaska, I went eleven 141 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,319 years not noticing that my own parents were pirates. Okay, 142 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:51,560 I don't exactly have the best pirate radar. Ray then 143 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,040 spent the next twenty minutes being chased around every square 144 00:07:54,079 --> 00:07:56,519 inch of the ship without a sword of his own. 145 00:07:56,839 --> 00:07:58,680 It really felt like a game of cat and mouse. 146 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,319 You know, Alaska, it's really not safe for us to 147 00:08:02,319 --> 00:08:05,240 be running around on deck. Just because we're pirates doesn't 148 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,560 mean we're immune to following safety rules. Ray had not 149 00:08:08,639 --> 00:08:12,120 expected that to work, but Alaska actually stopped chasing him, 150 00:08:12,399 --> 00:08:14,079 though it had more to do with her being tired 151 00:08:14,079 --> 00:08:17,120 and out of breath than concerned about anyone's safety. Kids 152 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,279 who run around waving swords in the air are usually 153 00:08:19,319 --> 00:08:23,120 not the most safety conscious people. Ray, I just can't 154 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:26,519 believe you lost my treasure. You were such a scally wag. 155 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:30,519 Ray had never been called a scally wag before that 156 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,519 cut deep. He was one of the good guys, didn't 157 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:37,919 she know, Alaska, I'm not a scally wag, and I 158 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,960 didn't lose your treasure. I just buried it. After I 159 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,559 give you the map, you'll be able to pick it 160 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,799 up any time you like. Alaska looked like she was 161 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:47,879 about to use her head to cannonball straight and too. 162 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:51,720 Rai's face, bro, why didn't you tell me that before 163 00:08:51,799 --> 00:08:54,039 we did all that running. My heart is beating like 164 00:08:54,039 --> 00:08:56,480 a mile a minute over here. You know what, We're 165 00:08:56,519 --> 00:08:58,559 just gonna finish this in the morning. I've had about 166 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:00,480 enough out of you tonight. I just want to go 167 00:09:00,519 --> 00:09:04,080 back to bed. Ray wished his new Friendemy a good 168 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,279 night's rest and told her to swing by any time 169 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,159 in the morning to get the treasure map. It wasn't 170 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:10,759 until he was back on his own ship that he 171 00:09:10,799 --> 00:09:14,120 thought of something. If Alaska was a pirate too, That 172 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,759 meant the treasure he had taken from her wasn't actually 173 00:09:16,799 --> 00:09:19,919 her treasure. It was treasure she had stolen from someone else, 174 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:26,080 or at least borrowed from someone else forever. Wait a second, 175 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:28,759 I shouldn't be giving her the treasure. I should be 176 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,000 giving it back to the person who had it first, 177 00:09:31,039 --> 00:09:34,039 the og treasure owner, because that's what a good guy 178 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,480 pirate would do. So Ray decided he was going to 179 00:09:37,519 --> 00:09:39,480 wake up early in the morning and tell his parents 180 00:09:39,519 --> 00:09:41,600 to boogie on out of there before Alaska could come 181 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,240 aboard with her obnoxious pirate sword and demand he hand 182 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,960 over the treasure map. But if you've ever been up 183 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,919 in the middle of the night getting chased around someone 184 00:09:48,919 --> 00:09:51,679 else's ship, then you'd probably already know that waking up 185 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,240 early is not an easy thing to do. If anything, 186 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,039 it might be one of the hardest things to do, 187 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:01,480 definitely harder than building a rocket. Ship, that's for sure, Sun, 188 00:10:01,759 --> 00:10:04,240 No time you woke up, said his dad, as Ray 189 00:10:04,279 --> 00:10:07,440 emerged from the cabins below. Your eggs are probably cold 190 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,840 by now, Like what's up with kids? Just sleeping? The 191 00:10:09,919 --> 00:10:13,120 day away? And the blink of an eye, Ray went 192 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,080 from yawning feet shuffling zombie to kid who just suddenly 193 00:10:16,159 --> 00:10:19,399 remembered he had something important to do. Yikes, what time 194 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:21,120 is it, Dad, We've got to get out of here. 195 00:10:22,279 --> 00:10:25,440 Ray's mother calmly took a swig of her coffee. Look 196 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:28,480 at that here, old our boys already eager to find 197 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:32,000 his next treasure. Before Ray could tell them what had 198 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,360 gone down in the night, he noticed that Alaska's ship 199 00:10:34,399 --> 00:10:39,039 was no longer there. Mom, Dad, what happened to that 200 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,279 ship that was next to ours? Neither his mom or 201 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:44,360 dad seemed to know what ship he was talking about, 202 00:10:44,519 --> 00:10:46,720 which meant it must have already been gone when they 203 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:49,399 had woken up. That or he had just dreamed the 204 00:10:49,519 --> 00:10:52,440 entire thing. But the ten redmarks on his arm from 205 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:56,480 doing the pinch test suggested otherwise. I suppose one pinch 206 00:10:56,519 --> 00:10:59,000 would have been sufficient. Now it looks like I stuck 207 00:10:59,039 --> 00:11:02,559 my arm and a hornet's nest. Ray sat with his 208 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,320 parents and forced down some cold eggs while recounting every 209 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:08,159 detail of what had happened in the night. His parents 210 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,039 listened patiently as he told them about the shouting conversation 211 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:13,639 and the rowboat and how they really should have given 212 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:17,559 him a cutlass before making him a pirate. But guys, 213 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:20,279 it looks like we got super lucky. I can't believe 214 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:22,519 Alaska took off and forgot all about coming to get 215 00:11:22,519 --> 00:11:27,480 the treasure map. His parents looked worried, Ray, have you 216 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:31,639 looked under your pillow yet this morning? No? Why would 217 00:11:31,639 --> 00:11:34,159 I have done that? Well, isn't that where you were 218 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:37,440 hiding the treasure map? Ray had not told anyone that 219 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,679 that was where he was hiding the map. Guys, how 220 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:44,440 did you know I hid the map there? Son? Everyone 221 00:11:44,519 --> 00:11:47,120 knows that kids like to hide important things under their pillow. 222 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,559 It's been the number one hiding spot used by kids 223 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:53,559 for like the last millennium. Well, this wasn't good. If 224 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:56,120 grownups knew about the under the pillow hiding spot, then 225 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,120 certainly every other kid knew about it too, and Alaska 226 00:11:59,159 --> 00:12:02,519 was likely one of those every other kids. Ray hurried 227 00:12:02,519 --> 00:12:04,559 back down to his pirate cabin with a little round 228 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:07,759 hole for a window. Sure enough, his treasure map was 229 00:12:07,799 --> 00:12:10,799 no longer hidden under his pillow. Alaska must have come 230 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:14,320 for it while he had still been sleeping. Mom. Dad, 231 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:15,879 we have to go back to the beach where we 232 00:12:15,919 --> 00:12:19,519 buried the treasure, and we have to go there now. Sun, 233 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,000 slow down, we have lots of time. I'm gonna let 234 00:12:23,039 --> 00:12:25,480 you in on a little pirate secret. Whenever you make 235 00:12:25,519 --> 00:12:29,639 a treasure map, you never include the shortcuts. Shortcuts are 236 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:33,159 just for us to know. With Ray's dad at the helm, 237 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:35,519 they took a different and much faster route than what 238 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:38,840 had been shown on the map. Thanks to this little shortcut, 239 00:12:38,919 --> 00:12:41,399 they arrived at the beach just as Alaska's family was 240 00:12:41,399 --> 00:12:45,399 getting there. Ray's mother handed him a plastic cutlass that 241 00:12:45,519 --> 00:12:48,279 was surely more dull than a butter knife. Then she 242 00:12:48,279 --> 00:12:51,559 helped him into one of the rowboats. Side by side, 243 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:55,759 Alaska and Ray rowed their individual boats towards shore. I'm 244 00:12:55,759 --> 00:13:00,000 gonna get their first. I'm gonna get there first. Oh 245 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,759 oh yeah, Well, you row boats ashore like a walris 246 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,799 runs on sand. Well, actually, Alaska, as I learned in 247 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:10,120 the sixth grade, Walruses can move surprisingly fast on sand, 248 00:13:11,399 --> 00:13:14,320 who did not run well on sand were these two kids. 249 00:13:14,919 --> 00:13:17,320 Once out of their boats. They kept stumbling and tripping 250 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:20,159 while trying to run toward the buried treasure. They also 251 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,360 did a lot of whining and complaining about how hot 252 00:13:22,399 --> 00:13:24,960 the sand felt on their feet. They were scolding their 253 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,480 parents from Afar for not remembering to send them ashore 254 00:13:27,519 --> 00:13:31,679 with flip flops. Together, they found where X marks the spot, 255 00:13:31,799 --> 00:13:33,840 only to see that the treasure had already been dug 256 00:13:33,919 --> 00:13:36,879 up by someone else, a small child who was decorating 257 00:13:36,879 --> 00:13:41,799 his sand castle with rubies and gems. Oh hi, there, kid, 258 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,679 we see you have found our treasure. That's great, so 259 00:13:46,639 --> 00:13:50,120 I think we could have it back now, No, snapped 260 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:54,240 the little boy. Ray looked at Alaska. Well, this little 261 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:56,000 guy must have done a lot of digging to get 262 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,360 that treasure chest out. No, I didn't. Half of the 263 00:13:59,399 --> 00:14:01,799 treasure chests was already sticking up out of the ground. 264 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:07,200 It was easy, great burying job, Ray scorned Alaska. She 265 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,440 then turned back to the kid. Listen, little man, you 266 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:14,000 don't want to mess with us. We're pirates. The young 267 00:14:14,039 --> 00:14:17,320 boy did not become fearful. He just looked at them disapprovingly. 268 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,240 You pirates make me sick. You know that nothing but 269 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,759 a bunch of bad guys. Alaska looked like she had 270 00:14:24,799 --> 00:14:27,879 never been more offended in her life. Who are you 271 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:31,399 calling bad guys? We're not bad guys. Isn't that right? Ray? 272 00:14:31,639 --> 00:14:35,159 We're not bad guys, are we? Since getting his first 273 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:38,879 taste of stealing, i mean, borrowing treasure, forever, Ray had 274 00:14:38,879 --> 00:14:40,799 been trying to convince himself that he was still a 275 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:47,039 good guy. But the truth was this little kid was right. Actually, Alaska, 276 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:49,879 we are the bad guys here. We take things that 277 00:14:49,919 --> 00:14:52,559 don't belong to us, and you know what, that goes 278 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:56,600 against everything they tried teaching us in kindergarten. But there 279 00:14:56,639 --> 00:14:59,080 was something else Ray understood, which was that he and 280 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:01,279 Alaska didn't have to be the same kind of pirates 281 00:15:01,279 --> 00:15:04,159 as their parents. They were a new generation of pirates, 282 00:15:04,399 --> 00:15:08,519 pirates who had an opportunity to do things differently. You 283 00:15:08,559 --> 00:15:11,840 know what, little guy, you were right about us, Ray began. 284 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,200 We took the treasure and we shouldn't have, and that 285 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,960 makes us bad guys. And you know, none of what 286 00:15:18,039 --> 00:15:20,039 us pirates do really makes a whole lot of sense. 287 00:15:20,559 --> 00:15:23,799 Like we take other people's gems and jewels then bury them, 288 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:25,519 so that no one else gets to enjoy the other 289 00:15:25,559 --> 00:15:27,720 than those cute little crabs that live under the sand. 290 00:15:28,039 --> 00:15:31,080 Where's the sense in that? So you know what that's 291 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,240 all about to change, because we are going to take 292 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:35,519 the treasure and give it back to its rightful owner, 293 00:15:35,759 --> 00:15:37,840 because we don't have to be bad guys just because 294 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:41,360 we're pirates. Pirates can be good guys too, And from 295 00:15:41,399 --> 00:15:44,159 this day forward we shall be known and celebrated as 296 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:48,320 pirates who help people get their stuff back. Alaska thought 297 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:50,919 it was a beautiful speech. She even shed a single 298 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:54,000 tear as she applauded her fellow pirate. But the little 299 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:57,600 kid did not find raised words quite as moving. Forget that, 300 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:00,799 finders keepers, go get your your own treasure and leave 301 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:05,039 me Aloneous milly pirates ray in Alaska looked at each other, 302 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:07,639 all right, so I'll bury the little guy in the 303 00:16:07,639 --> 00:16:09,480 sand up to his shoulders while you go take the 304 00:16:09,519 --> 00:16:13,000 treasure back to the ship. With the treasure back in 305 00:16:13,039 --> 00:16:15,919 their hands, even if their hands were still the wrong hands, 306 00:16:16,159 --> 00:16:18,759 the two young pirates decided against trying to explain this 307 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:22,360 new way of pirting to their parents. Og pirates would 308 00:16:22,399 --> 00:16:25,320 never understand, but ray In Alaska felt they could still 309 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,799 be good guy pirates without their parents ever having to know. 310 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,679 Anytime Ray or Alaska spotted a ship on the horizon, 311 00:16:31,919 --> 00:16:34,799 they would still do their usual thing. They'd threaten the 312 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,399 fire cannons before climbing aboard these other ships. But now 313 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:41,840 instead of saying, hand over your treasure, they would say, 314 00:16:42,159 --> 00:16:45,159 are you guys missing any treasure? Does this pearl necklace 315 00:16:45,159 --> 00:16:48,960 look familiar to you? And every time the people on 316 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,559 the other ships would say something like, um, well, we're 317 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:56,360 not missing any treasure yet, but aren't you here to 318 00:16:56,399 --> 00:17:00,919 steal the treasure we do have? Two young pirates would 319 00:17:00,919 --> 00:17:02,919 then laugh like it was the craziest thing they had 320 00:17:02,919 --> 00:17:07,279 ever heard. Lady, we're pirates. We're just here to help 321 00:17:07,599 --> 00:17:09,960 forget everything we said when our parents were listening. And 322 00:17:10,079 --> 00:17:12,440 please forgive my dad if he carelessly puts a hole 323 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:14,519 through the side of your ship, he knows not what 324 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:18,960 he does. Never did they imagine that returning treasure would 325 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:21,279 be so much harder than stealing it. For the life 326 00:17:21,279 --> 00:17:23,680 of them, they couldn't figure out who this treasure belonged to. 327 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:28,079 Ray What if we never find the owners of the treasure. 328 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:30,480 It's been over a month and we've been aboard so 329 00:17:30,559 --> 00:17:33,240 many ships. Now my parents are starting to question why 330 00:17:33,279 --> 00:17:37,119 we keep coming back empty handed. Ray wasn't listening to 331 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:41,440 his friend. He was staring at something on her neck. Alaska, 332 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:46,119 what are you wearing? Alaska almost forgot she'd been playing 333 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:49,359 dress up earlier with some of the jewelry. Well, until 334 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,680 we find the owner, shouldn't someone at least be able 335 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:53,920 to enjoy the goods. No one thought it was a 336 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:56,039 big deal when it was just the sand crabs trying 337 00:17:56,079 --> 00:18:00,079 on diamond earrings. Ray didn't care that she was wearing 338 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,839 the jewelry. It was what he saw on the jewelry. 339 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,039 Looks like someone had their name engraved on the necklace 340 00:18:06,039 --> 00:18:08,720 you're wearing. But who do you think Queen Anne is? 341 00:18:10,079 --> 00:18:13,799 Alaska had a pretty good feeling. She knew, dude, it's 342 00:18:13,839 --> 00:18:16,440 the Queen. How many Queen Annes do you think there are? 343 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:20,759 This treasure must have been stolen from her. This was great. 344 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,359 The kids finally knew who to return the treasure to, 345 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:26,960 and how special that it was the Queen. She is 346 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,799 going to be so pleased, Ray said, as they approached 347 00:18:29,799 --> 00:18:32,559 the Royal Palace. Yeah, and she's going to think we're 348 00:18:32,599 --> 00:18:37,720 the best pirates ever. You two are the worst pirates ever, 349 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:40,720 shouted the queen after Ray and Alaska showed her the treasure. 350 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,480 Excuse me, we just brought back your treasure and we're 351 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:48,279 not even asking for anything in return, although we do 352 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:52,160 accept small cash donations and pizza parties totally optional. Though 353 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,680 the Queen looked furious. Did your parents not teach you 354 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,559 how to be proper pirates? What you're doing is not right. 355 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,880 They're ruining all the fun. The idea is to take 356 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:04,920 the treasure and bury it so that I can go 357 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:07,839 on a fun little treasure hunt. This was not the 358 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,759 reaction the kids had anticipated. But your majesty were like 359 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,240 new age pirates. You know, good guy pirates. We give 360 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:18,160 back instead of steal. Why would you want someone to 361 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:22,759 steal from you? The Queen just glared at them. First 362 00:19:22,759 --> 00:19:27,359 of all, it's not stealing, it's more like borrowing forever. 363 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:30,880 If I really wanted my treasure back badly enough, I'm 364 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:32,960 always more than welcome to go on a treasure hunt 365 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:36,680 to find it. Rain Alaska had thought people would embrace 366 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:39,599 this new way of pirting. What wasn't to like about 367 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:43,160 good guy style pirting? But apparently everything was not to 368 00:19:43,279 --> 00:19:46,920 like about it, so, uh, would you like us just 369 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:52,240 to steal your treasure again? But before the queen could answer, 370 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,200 someone else swooped in out of nowhere, grabbed the treasure 371 00:19:55,279 --> 00:19:58,960 chest and started running away with it too slow, the 372 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,400 man called back. While away, the queen was jumping up 373 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,839 and down and clapping her hands. Oh my, now that 374 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:09,200 is a real pirate right there. It turned out to 375 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:12,960 be raised Dad. Well you know what, guys said Ray, 376 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,759 good pirting, bad pirting. I'm done with it all. There's 377 00:20:16,759 --> 00:20:18,200 no way this is what I'm gonna do when I 378 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:22,359 grow up. Alaska nodded, I hear you, dude. What do 379 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,359 you say we go learn how to become teachers? Ray 380 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,240 shook his head. I've got a better job in mind. 381 00:20:28,559 --> 00:20:31,680 It's called being a student in the seventh grade, because, 382 00:20:31,759 --> 00:20:36,839 like everyone knows, seventh grade is where it's at the end. 383 00:20:42,759 --> 00:20:45,839 That's the story. And how glad are you that we 384 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,880 don't have to wait for a part three question of 385 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:52,240 the week? Your training starts tomorrow? What job are you 386 00:20:52,279 --> 00:20:56,279 going to pick? A student in the seventh grade? Thanks 387 00:20:56,279 --> 00:20:59,039 to Ray and Alaska and shout out to the following listeners. 388 00:21:00,039 --> 00:21:03,960 Finn Switzer from Scheheles, Washington, Juniper listening with her kat 389 00:21:04,039 --> 00:21:07,359 Amory from Seattle, Jack from the Upper East Side of 390 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:12,599 New York City, Charles Ye from Australia, Nate Murray from Takofai, 391 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:17,920 New Zealand, Cain Veda and Elise from South Carolina, Aurora 392 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,720 from Auckland, New Zealand listening with their pet mice, Cinnamon 393 00:21:20,799 --> 00:21:25,480 and Squeak, Rex from the UK, and Maxwell and Mirabel 394 00:21:25,519 --> 00:21:30,400 from Big Island, Hawaii. Thanks so much for listening and 395 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,160 I'll catch you on the next one.