pirate

It’s wearing a tiny pirate’s hat on the top of its head, decorated with a golden buckle.

Whether the job was to jump on a stolen velocipede, win over a band of pirates, visibilize invisible ink, pen a sonnet, or don a disguise, Simon Harley-Dickinson was the man for it.

“Nonsense; that is mere superstition. There have been many competent lady sailors, and even notorious lady pirates. Not that being a pirate is anything to brag about.”

Alas, the book had been lost in a high-speed chase involving singing pirates and a howling parrot.

“Actually, there have been many famous lady pirates,” Penelope felt compelled to say.