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Have you got your cutlasses ready?
And fed the parrot?
Do you want to hear a story about pirates?
Pirates are all the rage, and we get loads of requests for stories about walking the plank, swinging in the rigging, and mayhem on the high seas. And so Bertie has come up with a series of stories about a boy called Jack who meant to go to sailing school, but ended up at pirate school instead.
This is part one…. The series is collected here.
Read by Natasha.
Once upon a time, there was a boy called Jack.
He was seven. And Jack had six sisters, but no brothers.
And they were really, really girly.
Al day long, they’d play with their dolls.
And with their beauty salon.
And twirl around in their pink ballet tutus.
Jack thought it was really, really boring.
“How about a game of pirates?” Jack used to say every morning, when they didn’t have to go to school.
And sometimes his sisters would agree.
But their idea of playing pirates was to sit all the rogues and ruffians and cut-throats around in a circle and serve cups of tea and slices of cake.
They didn’t want to make people walk the plank. Or hunt for buried treasure. Or anything.
And Jack just got fed up, and went to play pirates by himself.
Then one day, they were all sitting at lunch when Jack’s father asked him if he wanted to go to sailing school in the summer holidays.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah,” said Jack. “That sound GRRRRR-ate.”
And so it was agreed. In the summer holidays, Jack would go off to sailing school for a few days.
“Just one thing, Jack,” said his father. “Make sure you aren’t captured by any pirates.”
And all his sisters laughed.
“Because they might hold you to ransom for a million pounds,” said his father.
“Oh, I wouldn’t worry about that,” said Jack. “The rascals and ruffians could never capture me. I’d just fight them off.”
And he made a slashing motion with his hands, as if he was waving a cutlass through the air.
“See, like this,” said Jack. “Boom, bam, biff…”
And all his sisters rolled their eyes.
“That’s agreed then,” said his father.
Jack was so excited, he could hardly wait for the school term to end.
All day long, he would sit at his desk in school, dreaming of how he was going to be out in the ocean waves. And wondering if there really were any pirates out there.
Not that he’d mind if there were.
He wasn’t frightened of pirates.
Finally the big day arrived.
It was the start of the summer holidays.
Jack packed his bag very carefully. He had some clothes to wear, and some sandwiches to eat, plus some swimming trunks in case he fell into the water.
And a cutlass.
Because, after all, you never knew what kind of ruffians you were going to meet on the high seas.
Of course, it was only a toy, plastic cutlass.
But never mind, thought Jack. Maybe he could just scare then away by waving it around a bit.
He’d show them.
His mum put him on the train, and told him to be careful.
And as he watched the countryside go by, Jack couldn’t wait to see the ocean.
Finally, he could see the waves crashing against the shore, and soon afterwards the train pulled up to the station.
He climbed off the train and looked up and down the platform.
And then he saw a man standing with a sign, which said. “Boys who want a life on the ocean waves, please step this way.”
And so Jack walked towards him.
“Excuse me,” he said.
It was at that point that he noticed a funny looking parrot sitting on the man’s shoulder.
“Er, excuse me,” said Jack.
“Yes, what is it?” said the man.
“Is this the right place for the sailing school?”
The man paused.
“Ahhhhaaaaa,” squawked the parrot. “Sailing school……ahhhhhhaaaaaa.”
“Shaddup, you stupid bird,” growled the man.
Then he looked back at Jack.
“Sailing school, you could say that,” he said. “Step this way young man.”
And so Jack followed him towards the car, and they drove to the port. “Who’s a silly boy, then,” squawked the parrot, or at least he did until the man whacked him around the beak.
And then they climbed out of the car, and the man showed Jack the ship.
But it wasn’t what jack was expecting.
It was more of a galleon than a yacht.
With huge sails, and rigging, and a crow’s nest.
“I, er, I mean…” said Jack nervously.
But the man just pushed him up the stair, so hard that Jack went flying across the deck.
The next thing he knew, a very tall man was walking towards him. A man with a black cape, and a wooden leg.
He lent straight into Jack’s face.
“Welcome to pirate school, young man,” he boomed. “Where’ll we’ll teach you everything you need to know for a life of mayhem and treachery on the high seas. I hope you like excitement young man, because from now on, you’re going to have plenty of it”.
“Excitement is just what I like best !” said Jack. And then he felt just a tiny bit nervous.
123 Comments
The reader didn’t read exactly what was on the screen so small chidren reading along could get confused.
Yes
dose this story have more then one part?
if so how many dose it have????
Gorge there will be more parts to Jack and the Pirates coming soon. Part Two will be in two weeks time, after that we haven’t quite planned, but more will come for sure !
How Many Parts do they have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I REALLY LOVE THIS PART
how many parts do you have bertie ???
Hi Carlos I’m afraid we don’t know how many parts there will be to the pirate story till we get to the end. I can tell you that the next part is written, and that is definately not the end… so there will be at least three. But it’s more likely five or six.
It was very fun and interesting.
I CAN’T WAIT TILL THE NEXT PART COMES OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why did jack go to the pirate school?
Nick, Jack went to the pirate school by mistake. He thought he was going to a sailing school, but there was a mix-up.
mvn
cant wait to hear part 2 it sounds very exciting bye for now
i liked it.
cant wait for part 2.Ha Ha.
so this story was so great!
wow
Dear Ella-Rose
Your comment and stories are much appreciated, but a bit long for here. If you don’t mind, tomorrow I will it (or edited highlights!) to our “Your Stories” section under the “You” tab.
Best
Bertie
It was exiting(=
it’s good,but only beginning.
How do I find your earlier podcasts?
Mark All our archive is under the stories tab at the top of the page or here
http://storynory.com/archives/ - there are over 80 stories to choose from.
You can also hit the iTunes subscribe button at the top of the sidebar and easily download our last 25 stories into iTunes.
If you are just looking for the Jack and the Pirate School Series, you can find it here:
http://storynory.com/tag/pirates
Hope you enjoy browsing.
I like this story because I too like jack
I was very funny story. I want to be pirate like jake.
I really liked it.I listened to it when i was sick and afterwards felt much better.Can’t wait to hear part 2!
好
my name is jack too and i go to sailing school.how much parts will there be
this is nice give me more
o can you make japannese stories
gooooooooooood
very good starting is very good I am going to read more parts
Very good
greeeeeat
looooooooooooooooooove
I Like TACOS
its good i guess
I like pudding
good but where is the other parts???
this story is so stupid
edsd
This story is good!
lollollollollollollollollol
This story is really good but each time I download it, only 1 second of it gets saved, so I can’t get it into my iTunes and iPod. What should I do?
I think it was probably a temporary problem, please try again. If you still can’t download Jack and the Pirate Part 1, please email bertie at storynory dot com
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awsome
well this story should be with pictures so the kids can under stand it better.
BUT ITS A LITTLE -_-_-_-_- !
well this story should be with pictures so the kids can under stand it better.
BUT ITS A LITTLE -_-_-_-_- !
well this story should be with pictures so the kids can under stand it better.
BUT ITS A LITTLE -_-_-_-_- !
it is o.k not the best. i like it
cool
cool and awsome it is the best!!!!!
totally
awsome i like it but it’s totally cool
so this story was so great!
The story was not very interesing!
as you like
I think the story was really good, because he met a real pirate and he got captured by him.
hi Bertie its Lindsey i loved the bit in part one when jack gets a mix up cant wait to see part two!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jacks sisters are very mean to jack. Jack has to pack lots of stuf to the pirate school.The stranger that jack was talking to was a little bit kind.
I think that this part was great
I think that it is a great and interesting part of the story.
I loved the story anyway, and I can’t wait to see part two!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VERY EXITING!!!!
I liked the story,I can’t wait to see part two!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was great I like the stary !
Interesting Natasha.
I really like this part.This is my favourite part.I think Jack’s sisters is not very nice to him.When Jack went on the pirate ship it seems like the second part will be very exciting!
I liked this part of the story.I don’t like how the way jack’s sister’s behave to him.Ilike the way story nory described the story they are reading.It was funny when Jack accidentally went to piarite school insted of
going to sailing school.
I realy injoy the movie it wus very nice
and thank you for the movie.
from Laher.
I am exited because I wonder if they will take Jack to any adventures.
I like this story because jack gets sent to pirate school instead of sailing school.
Will jack be able to get to sailing school or kept at pirate school?
Cant wait to hear part two!!!!!!!!!!+most of my school classmates and friends are on here!!!!!!
the pirates just like stupid…………………………………………………………
you all is so stupid why so long lala ?
I can’t wait to hear part 2(because the story is so exiting)
i liked this story becos it was a little bit funny and whan the girls playd pirats thay cut up cakes and drink soup inside a tea cup.
I think Jack’s wish will come true.
I like this story
this begginning of the story is very interetsing with jack who wants to be a pirate all the time and got himself enrolled in a pirate school without knowing it.
The interesting bit is about what will happen to him next.
Jack must of been very bored with his 6 sisters being so girly.But when Jacks dad ask him if he wants to go sailing school now Jacks very,very happy.Jack can’t wait to go to sailing school!
It was fantastic i like it can`t wait to see part two!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The 1part was great
That was cool!!!!!!!!!!!
I liked when the tall man boomend in his voice.And I like the way when the pirate slapped the parrot in the car.And Jack must be very excited for pirate school!I liked the first part of the story and can’t wait to hear part two!!!!!!
i like part 1
saima
I liked the story and how they read the story it was really nice.
it was good
it was good
I think it was the most fab. It is the best one i’v heard!BYE
I liked the part when Jack asked if his sisters wanted to play pirates and his sisters said ok and they would sit in a circle and serve tea and cake in a cup. It was funny.The parrot was very funny when he said “ahhaaaa
ahhaaaa”.
it was quite good
The story was very nice and i liked the part when Jack’s dad asked him if he wanted to go to bording school and when his dad said make sure you are not captured by any pirates and jack said don’t worry i’ll just fight with my cutless it was great i am looking foward to read more story’s on story nory
I liked it.It was funny.I liked it a lot.
I liked it when he went to the pirate ship
but he had to go boarding school and i thought
that he would really find the boarding school.i am really excited to listen to part 2.I think
it will be very scary.
I like this it was very very good. I am very exited and want to know what will happen next.There were some adjectives like nervous, exited and happy.
I like the bit when Jack said i’d fight them off ”See like this Boom…Bam… Biff” said Jack.
It was also funny i liked it a lot.
Does jack have a friend?
It is so boring in this part
awsume story
I liked the part when Jack said can i go to sailing school and get your cutler
this is a very interesting story
because i like the part when jack went to
pirate school insted of sailing school
and there are also lots of diffrent adjectives
I like Natasha’s expression but I don’t like how they narrate the story because it is too hard to undestand. It would be more easier if the writer of the story would add some pictures.
It was super!I wish I was Jack! The first part was great! The second part was awsome! Third was scary but good. Forth one was cool. The last one I didn’t heard it because I need to do my maths homework from school ahd Kumon.
It was super!I wish I was Jack! The first part was great! The second part was awsome! Third was scary but good. Forth one was cool. The last one I didn’t heard it because I need to do my maths homework from school and Kumon.
the story of jack and the pirate was very interesting i wonder if jack will become a real pirate but i will know when i hear part two i think it will be very interesting too
its cool!!!!
This is a very good introduction to the story…I can’t wait to get to the second part.
I was hoping for some more exciting bits.
But I still like the bit when the big guy went up to the boy.
it was realy GOOD CANT WAIT TILL PART TWO
REALY BAD
The parrot was funny and a bit rude.
I can’t wait for part 2.
This was fantastic I can’t wait to read part 2.
It was ok.
nicefry
I JUST LOVED IT!!!
IT WAS FANTASTIC!!!
BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF THERE WERE MORE PICTURES SO THAT, THE YOUNGER KIDS COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING READ.
It was a good beginning of a stoy
WOW !!
What is Jack gonna do next
5 chapters in 1 night
1 gone 4 to go
Thanks
Jack had six sisters.
They played with dolls.
But Jack was bored sometimeshe played pirates.
Wow!!!!!I can”t wait to see part two!!!!!!!!!!
This is the best story ever!!!!!!!!!!
ny
I LIKE YOUR STORY BECAUSE ITS ENTERESTING AND FUN TO READ LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!