Pets and Pirates Series
Book 2
Chapter 1 – Goodbye to the Pirates
Edward curled his trunk up and hid in a shadowy corner of the pirate ship. He felt as if a grey cloud was hanging over him.
Laughter floated across the deck. The pirates had dug up a chest of gold coins and hauled it back to the ship. They’d been counting all night.
Edward wasn’t interested in gold coins.
He heard a scrabbling behind him. A scruffy brown and ginger hen flapped her way up from below the deck.
It was Pegs. As usual, she was missing several feathers and looked ragged.
The pirates were singing sea shanties now.
“They are happy,” said Pegs.
Edward gave another grunt.
Pegs looked at him out of one eye, then turned her head and looked at him out of the other.
“But you’re not, are you?” she asked.
Edward shook his head miserably.