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Speaker 1: Imagine finding out your parents didn't actually have the jobs

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you thought they had, and unlike your friend's parents who

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had jobs making things for people or helping people, you

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found out it was your parents job to take things

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from people. And not only that, but you also discovered

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they said weird things at work, like shiver me timbers. Well,

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that would be kind of strange, wouldn't it. Let's get

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into it. Helloll, story time really not a boring time.

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I'm a standing You'll be fine. Follow the whole storyline. Hellol,

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story time like you love at least one time? Well,

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story time time. This is the story of big surprises,

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like finding out your parents aren't who you thought they were.

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Ray had always assumed he belonged to a normal family,

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a family that did all sorts of normal family things

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like watching family movies together, going on trips together, eating

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at restaurants together, and of course, every family's favorite activity,

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arguing together. Ray, I've told you five times all ready

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to pick your things up off the floor. But I

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already picked my things up yesterday. Yes, and now you

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have new things on the floor. But if I pick

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up today's things, there's just going to be new things

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on the floor. Tomorrow. So what's the point. Why can't

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the things just stay on the floor. Clearly that's where

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the things want to be. Ray, But even with all

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their time spent together, Ray didn't actually know a whole

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lot about his family. He knew his dad had a

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birthday sometime in the spring. He knew his mom had

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a friend named Barbara, and he knew the people and

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his family had a weird thing for not wanting to

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have things left lying around on the floor. But other

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than that, he didn't really know a whole lot else.

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It took for a friend leaving school for Raid or

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realize just how little he knew. Ray's friend, Little Pete,

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was off to become an apprentice working under his father,

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because in the year seventeen fifty, he just did stuff

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like that, my dad has a blacksmith, which means I'm

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going to be learning how to make tools out of iron.

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Isn't that cool? Ray didn't think so. But you're just

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a kid. What about the seventh grade next year? Seventh

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grade is supposed to be the best in the seventh grade,

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there's things like more learning and stuff. But Little Pete

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insisted this was the perfect time for him to start

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learning the family business. Suddenly everyone in Ray's class was

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discussing their parents' jobs. Some kids were already helping out

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on their parents' farms well. Others were planning to leave

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school soon, just like little Pete, to begin training as butchers, bakers,

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or shoemakers. And class, how many of you are dreaming

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about becoming a teacher when you grow up? Anyone? Anyone? Anyone? Hmmm, Well,

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I am very disappointed. I'm sending each one of you

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to the principal's office. Ray was the only one who

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had stayed quiet. How about you, Ray, what kind of

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jobs do your parents have? Now? Ray could tell you

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to do long division. He could explain the difference between

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a verb, a noun, and an adjective. But ask him

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to tell you what jobs his parents had. Absolutely not

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my parents. Well, you know they cook for me, they

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buy things for me, but just between us, they do

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a terrible job of picking up after me. Ray, we're

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not talking about that. We want to know about their jobs.

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Ray pretended like he hadn't understood the question the first time. Oh,

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their jobs, right, I thought you were talking about the

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other kind of job. Well, listen, my parents are you know?

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They they do stuff. They are professional stuff doers. And

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one day, just like all of you, I'm going to

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leave school to join the family business. But not before

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the seventh grade. No way, that would be ridiculous. Guys,

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you know seventh grade all the way. It's the best

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of all the grades. Remember, little Pete was now beginning

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to feel bad he was going to be missing the

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seventh grade. Ray had done a really good job of

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hyping it up. At home that night, Ray started quizzing

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his parents to get to know them a little better. Dad,

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what is your favorite color? Blue? And Mom? Do you

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prefer tacos or burritos? Burritos? But it has to be

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a breakfast burrito. Ray was jotting all this down in

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a notebook he had labeled important things I should know

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about my parents. All right, guys, this is great. And

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what are your jobs other than feeding me and making

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sure I have enough things to leave on the floor.

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His parents hadn't flinched when Ray had asked about how

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many squares of toilet paper they went through in a day,

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but for some reason, this question about their jobs appeared

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to really throw them off. Oh our jobs, Well, Harold,

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would you like to take this me? Uh? Okay, sure,

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so your mother and I we do stuff. That's right,

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shimed in his we are professional stuff doers. Ray wrote

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this down on page eleven of his notebook. Thanks guys,

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I actually already knew you guys were stuff doers, but

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none of the other kids at school believed me. I'll

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show them this first thing tomorrow morning. But even as

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he held the notebook up to his friend's faces, he

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still got some pushback. But what does that even mean? Ray?

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All of our parents do stuff. It's knowing what stuff

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they do that's important. So what kind of stuff do

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your parents do? Ray knew he wasn't going to find

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the answer in his notebook, but he took another look

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just in case. Well, uh, how many of you can

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tell me how many squares of toilet paper your parents

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go through in a day. Ray walked home later wondering

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how he'd come to have so many nosy friends who

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cared what stuff his parents did. What mattered was that

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stuff was getting done, and Ray didenough to miss the

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seventh grade because of the stuff. But the more he

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thought about it, the more he began to wonder why

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his parents had been so evasive. Did they have the

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most boring jobs on the planet, and we're too embarrassed

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to talk about it. Was it their job to count

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grains of sand at the beach. That sounded like an

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awful job. By the time he arrived home, he had

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gotten himself all worked up. All right, Just so you know, parents,

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I will not be available to join the family business

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before the end of grade seven. I just want to

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make that clear. And if the family business has anything

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to do with counting sand, then I'm also not available

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until the end of forever. I'll become a teacher if

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I have to. And that's when Ray's dad just came

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out with it. Son, we're pirates. Okay, now you know

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you were born into a pirate family. That's the family business.

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Ray started laughing. His dad sure knew how to be funny. No,

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but seriously, dad, do you guys like dress up in

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pirate costumes and go to birthday parties or something? His

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mother placed her hands on his father's shoulders. No, dear,

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we are real pirates doing real pirates things. But if

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you know of any kids having a pirate themed birthday party,

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that might actually be a good side hustle for us.

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Ray was waiting for the part where his parents told

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him they were just kidding. These people didn't look anything

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like pirates. They were more of the kind of people

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you'd expect to see working at a bank. Ray, I

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think you should come see something. His parents brought him

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to a hidden cove by the sea, where anchored in

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the water was an actual pirate ship. Guys, please don't

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tell me that pirate ship is yours. His parents were

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looking at the ship fondly. Someday that ship will be yours.

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Ray hoped such a day would never come. Guys, this

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is really bad. Do you not understand how bad this is.

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Pirates are bad? That means you, guys are bad. Whoa whoa, whoa?

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Who are you calling bad? Your mother and I aren't

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doing anything wrong. We're just out here working an honest

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job like anyone else, Ray disagreed. And honest job. Don't

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pirates go around sinking other people's ships and stealing their treasure.

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You call that an honest job. Well when you say

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it like that, But first of all, we don't try

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to sink other people's ships. We only do that if

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they don't hand over their treasure after the first time

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we ask, and we usually start with the please. Also

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around here, we don't call it sinking a ship like

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of course that would be bad. We call it gently

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resting ships on the bottom of the sea. Much better.

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Your father's right, dear. And we also don't appreciate you

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seeing that we're stealing. No, no, no, now, we have

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never stolen anything. What we do is borrow things forever.

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Anyone is welcome to have their stuff back if they

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can find where we've hidden it. Ray wished he had

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never started poking around trying to learn more about his parents.

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He liked it a lot better when he thought they

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were just stuff doers and not the bad kind of

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stuff doers. Well, moping around the house that night, his dog, Hershey,

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stayed close by his side. You're a good dog, Hershey,

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not like my parents. Can't believe I never noticed they

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were pirates. Ray did a double take as his dog

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rested its chin on his leg. Wait a second, boy,

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you have a wooden leg and you wear an eyepatch

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with a skull and crossbones on it. Ah, dude, all

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this time, you've been a pirate dog too. I really

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need to start paying better attention to my family. It

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was the exact advice his friends gave him the next

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day too. Dude, how could you possibly not have noticed

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that you belonged to a pirate family? Like? Have you

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been living under a rock? Ray suggested. Maybe he'd have

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more time to learn things about his family if he

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wasn't told to spend so much time picking his things

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up off the floor. But actually, Ray felt like he

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was done wanting to learn more about his family. Discovering

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his parents had a secret life was already more than

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he had bargained for, which is why he had a

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little freak out when he found a kid's sized pirate

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uniform waiting on his bed. Mom, Dad, what is this for, Hey, kiddo,

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have you tried it on yet? We have a guess

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a little on the size. But your mother and I

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thought we'd bring you with us to work tomorrow. Together

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we can set sail on a small family business trip.

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Ah No, said Ray, putting his foot down. I already

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told you I am not joining the family business, especially

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not before the seventh grade. Ray's mother thought that was

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a silly reason. Come on, Ray, everyone knows nothing exciting

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happens in the seventh grade. Just give it a chance,

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urged his father. If it's not for you. You can

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always go back to school any time you like. But

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it was Ray's mother who knew just the right thing

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to say. I'll pick your things up off the floor

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for you, and that's all it took. Okay, fine, I'll

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give it a try, but just one pirate mission and

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then I'm out. And don't expect me to be doing

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any piraty things on this trip either. But as soon

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as they set sail, it became very clear that Ray

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was expected to start doing doing some pirty things. Are

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alright to you, then, Son, time to go searching for treasure.

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Keep a lookout for ships on the horizon, will ye.

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Ray had never heard his dad speak like this. Yike's dad,

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why are you suddenly talking like a pirate because I

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am a pirate? Well yeah, I know that now, dad,

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But like, that's not your regular voice. It's just my

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work voice. Okay, Son, I can't be talking like a

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pirate while I'm at the grocery store. Then people will

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totally know I'm a pirate. It's not exactly something we

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want to advertise. For some strange reason, some people look

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down on us pirates. Ray was about to remind his

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dad that he was one of such people. When something

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way off in the distance caught his eye, he ran

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portside to have a better look. I think I see

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a ship, Dad. His dad pulled out a spyglass from

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his belt and looked for himself. Ah, young, lad, you

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be correct. Look at that, my boy? Unnatural piratey is.

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After Ray stopped giggling at the sound of his dad's

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pirate voice, he smiled. This was the first time he'd

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ever been told he was unnatural at something. He'd been

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told plenty of times before that he needed to keep

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practicing something, or that he shouldn't quit his day job,

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or that he might want to leave it to the pros,

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or that perhaps he should try sitting this one out,

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but never that he'd done well at something on his

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very first try. His smile quickly faded when he remembered

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exactly what kind of work he had just helped his

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father do. Nice try, Dad, You're not going to make

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a pirate out of me that easily. I'm one of

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the good guys. I only did that because I like

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helping people. But you're not going to get any more

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help out of me. Perhaps because he didn't want to

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get laughed at again, his dad switched back to his

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regular dad voice. But, son, I haven't even shown you

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any of the fun stuff yet. Just wait till we

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get a little bit closer. His dad hurried over to

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the helm and steered them in the direction of the

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other ship. Ray was left standing there, wondering what was

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going to come next. Hopefully nothing bad. Maybe they just

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wanted to invite the other crew to come join them

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for a pizza party. Once alongside the other ship, Ray's

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father called out across the water, hand over your treasure

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this spear only warning. Oh and because I've got the

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whea lad with me today. Please. When there was no

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immediate response, Ray's dad turned back to him and said,

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all right, son, So when I say go, I'd like

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you to fire a cannon ball at them. Are you ready?

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Had his dad really just asked him to fire a cannon? Dad? What? What?

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What tell me you didn't just ask me to shoot

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something at the other ship. Ray's dad looked disappointed, son

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a bit of advice, saying, Dad, what what is fine

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when we're back home? But out here, why don't you

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try something a little more piraty? That would have been

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a great opportunity for a shiver me timbers. Would you

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like to give that a try? Ray did not want

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to give that a try, and he most certainly did

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not want to fire a cannon. Come on over, Son,

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I'll get it all set up for you, and then

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when you're getting ready, just aim and fire away. It's

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easy and loud, so be sure to plug your ears,

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and also try not to take too long. See how

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they're trying to get away from us. Sometimes people see

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our cool pirate flag and get spooked. Ray tried to

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stop his father as he loaded the cannon. Dad, I

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don't want to hurt anyone. This is not who I am.

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Just then Ray heard the loudest sounding boom he had

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ever heard. He nearly jumped out of his own shoes.

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His dad looked over from behind the cannon, then laughed

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too slow. Ray turned to see that the other ship's

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once perfect hull now had a big hole through it. Dad,

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you're gonna sink their ship. Son, You've got a chill.

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See how they're already climbing onto their lifeboat. We actually

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want them to escape, so we can sneak onto their

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ship and borrow whatever expensive things they left behind to

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share with us, hopefully a chest full of jewels, and

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then you're just gonna let the ship sink. Remember, son,

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we don't sink things. We just ever so gently set

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things down on the seafloor. Years from now, the scuba

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divers will get a real kick out of it. Somehow

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this was supposed to make Ray feel better. Oh nice shit,

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said Ray's mother as she came up from below. Was

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that Ray's first time shooting a cannon? Nah, the little

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fellow got cold feet. But I think I know just

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the right guy to send over there for a fun

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little treasure hunt. Ray glared at his parents, Guys, I'm

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not helping you steal anyone else's treasure. Not steal, remember

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borrow forever. Ray stayed back while his parents went over

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to search the other ship. Twenty minutes later, they came

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back empty handed. So weird that there wasn't even one jewel, like,

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not even a diamond. At home, Ray's parents sometimes had

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a hard time finding a candle. Guys, did you even look?

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You hardly spent any time over there. And that's when

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Ray decided to go see for himself. After all, he

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was good at hunting for hidden things. He was the

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kind of kid who would always go snooping for presents

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weeks before he was supposed to unwrap them. He knew

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all of his parents' best hiding spots, so when he

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came back from the other ship, he could barely handle

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the weight of all the treasure he had found. Oh

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that's my boy, I knew there was a pirate in you.

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Once again, Ray tried telling his parents that he was

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done no more helping, but that's when his mother told

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him about the digging. It's a shame we don't have

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anyone to dig a big hole for us to bury

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all this treasure. I thought kids loved digging holes, but

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I guess not. Ray simply could not deny how fun

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it was for a kid to dig a hole. Aha,

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why do you guys keep doing this to me? Of

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course I want to dig a big hole to bury

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the treasure. I hate to see what kind of story

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hole you guys would dig. The big goofy grin on

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Ray's face never went away the entire time he was

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digging his hole. He thought he even found a fossil

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down there from the dinosaur times and getting to make

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a treasure map at the end, that was just the

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icing on the cake. Mom and Dad I hate to

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say it, but I think I make a really good pirate.

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And yeah, we may have taken some treasure that didn't

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belong to us, but it's like you say, they're the

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ones who just left it there for us. And since

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it's buried right here, they're welcome to come back and

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get at any time they want. They just have to

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find our map first. While drifting off to sleep and

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his pirate bed aboard the pirate ship, Ray couldn't wait

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to tell his friends about his new job, a job

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that he was surprisingly good at, and it wasn't even

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anywhere near as bad as he had first thought. Pirates

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were just misunderstood. At some point in the middle of

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the night, Ray woke up with an eerie feeling. As

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he peered out of the little round window in his

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pirate ship bedroom, he saw a girl looking back at

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him from her ship. Well that's nice, he thought. At first.

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He even gave her a little wave, but then he

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noticed she was waving back at him from behind a cannon,

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a cannon that was aimed directly at his ship. Oh well,

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this might be a good time for me to say

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shiver me Timbers to be continued next time on Aloll

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story Time that that's the first half of the story,

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and here is your question of the week. What as

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a job you could never picture your parents doing? Thanks

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to Ray and showed out to the following listeners, Benjamin

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and his pal Flapjack from London, Calli from Massachusetts, Kaylee

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and Derek Jordan from East Texas, Madeline and Francis from Kitchener, Ontario,

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Kai from Geneva, Switzerland, Silas h from the United States,

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Mitchell from Winnebego, Illinois, Lillian Higgins from Santa Cruz, California,

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I and Lee from the United States, and Ezra, Arthur

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and Solomon from Santa Monica, California. Thanks for checking this

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one out and I'll catch you on the next one

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for the second part of the story.