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At last ! The final part of Jack and the Pirate School is here ! Will Jack walk the plank? Will his toes be nibbled by sharks? Will he live to tell the tale to his dad and his sisters? This is where you find out.
Tim the Tadpole is very, very very, excited about this one, and is just begging Natasha to get on and get to the end of the story. Colin the Carp is not quite so excited, but he’s looking forward to Tim and the other tadpoles calming down.
All the earlier episodes are on this page. This really is the end of the story….. for now.
Read by Natasha. Duration 11.38.
Captain Blackheart looked at Jack. “Your father has gravely insulted this ship, sir,” he snarled. “And one week from today, you will walk the plank.”
Jack felt a bit nervous after he heard that.
“Take him to the hold,” roared Captain Blackheart.
Ben the cabin boy led Jack down into the hold.
“Well, er, looks like it’s the plank for you, old boy,” said Ben. “Rotten luck.”
“I know,” said Jack glumly.
“Still, I suppose it’ll be quick,” said Ben. “A couple of bites from the shark and you’ll be dead. Or maybe a giant octopus will strangle you. Or you could be eaten by a whale. Or else just drown, I suppose.”
Jack gulped.
“Still, a bit mean of your old man not to stump up the ransom,” said Ben.
“You see the thing is, I always told stories and jokes about how I’d fight off the pirates,” said Jack. “So I think he thought I was just messing around.”
“You mean you don’t want to walk the plank,” said Ben.
“I’d rather not,” said Jack.
Ben thought for a minute. “Then I suppose there’s nothing else for it,” he said. “We need a plan.”
And so the two boys sat down together.
And they thought.
And they thought.
And they thought.
Until their heads hurt a bit.
So they had a snack.
And then they thought a bit more.
And finally they came up with a brilliant, wizard plan.
But it was so clever that they decided not to tell anyone about it.
For the next week, Jack worked really hard.
He scrubbed the decks.
He tightened the rigging.
And he helped Ben cook all the horrible food down in the hold.
And he soon found he was starting to quite enjoy life at pirate school.
One of the men showed him how to man the crow’s nest.
Another showed him how to slash a cutlass.
And another taught him how to fire a broadside of cannon.
It was all great fun.
Even Captain Blackheart was starting to quite like Jack. “If you were such a lilly-livered land-lubber, my lad, I’d probably show you how to follow a buried treasure map,” he said, ruffling Jack’s hair with his rusty hook. “But as it is, I’ll send you to a watery grave.”
Finally seven days were up.
After the pirates had finished their breakfast of dried shark skin and boiled octopus eyes, Captain Blackheart took to the deck.
“Seven days have passed since we placed a ransom on Jack’s head,” he roared. “And still Jack’s Dad hasn’t paid the money we demanded.”
He looked across at the parrot who was in charge of all communications on board the ship.
“Any word, bird.”
“Not a whisper, Captain,” squawked the parrot. “They can’t like him very much.”
“Then prepare the plank, men,” said Captain Blackheart.
And all the pirates roared with laughter. Because although they had been nice to Jack, and quite liked him really, they were still mean-hearted ruffians.
And they really enjoyed making someone walk the plank.
Jack slipped downstairs with Ben.
“All ready?”
Jack gulped.
“I think so.”
Ben gave him a sheep’s bladder from the larder, which Jack stuffed under his jumper. And then he gave him a straw.
“Then let’s go,” said Ben.
They climbed back up on deck.
The walking of the plank was scheduled for noon - because that’s when the Captain said the shark’s liked their lunch.
Jack walked up to the parrot. He stayed very quiet, then pulled one of its feathers out.
“AWKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK,” screeched the parrot.
And the noise was so huge, all the pirates crowded around to see what was happening.
And while they were doing that, Ben slipped up to the captain’s deck, and re-set the ship’s wheel, so that it would be sailing steadily towards shore.
“Sorry about that, bird,” said Jack.
“He should be punished for that,” squawked the parrot.
“Well, I suppose I should,” said Jack. “But since I’m being made to walk the plank at noon, I’m not really bothered….”
And all the rascals and ruffians laughed, even Captain Blackheart.
Two more hours passed. Jack chatted to the pirates, and picked up a few more tips on how to sharpen your cutlass.
And they were all impressed by how brave he was.
Finally, noon approached.
“Prepare the plank,” said Captain Blackheart.
Jim stood up. He felt a bit nervous now. Because although they had a plan he couldn’t be sure if it would work or not.
The plank was stretched out from the side of the ship.
And all the pirates drew their cutlasses and pointed them at Jack.
“Walk, lad,” said Captain Blackheart.
Jack started to walk nervously along the plank.
It was very wobbly and he could see the waves down below.
But, just a little way ahead, he could see land.
Because Ben had re-set the course of the ship to bring it close to the harbour.
Jack walked, and walked, and walked…
Then….splash!
He was in the water.
He could feel himself sinking.
And the water closing above his head.
But then he reached for straw. He pushed it into the sheep’s bladder and blew and blew and blew. And it inflated into a balloon.
Jack grabbed hold of it, and kicked his legs.
And soon he was swimming towards shore.
As he glanced behind, he could see the ship sailing away. And the pirates were cheering his death.
“Hah, fooled then,” said Jack.
And very soon, he was back on dry land.
As it happened, all the boys were coming out of the sailing school he had meant to go to, and so he joined them, and went back home by the first train.
And that evening, he was safely re-united with his family.
“Good to see you,” said his Dad, ruffling his hair. “Glad to see you escaped those pirates without costing me a fortune in ransom money.”
“Well, yes,” said Jack excitedly. “But I had to walk the plank and…and…and….”
But all his six sisters were already laughing. “There goes Jack with his silly pirate stories again.”
But as he went to bed that night, Jack knew it was all true.
And he wondered if he’d ever see the pirate school again.
One day, he thought. Just maybe….
108 Comments
I liked the reading. I would correct the writing though in case of students reading as they listen. There were 6 or so errors in text. If you don’t mean to have students follow along as I did, then it doesn’t really matter.
The story was cute, and I am going to check out the rest of the available stories. We may use them in our school next year. I’d like to see some students listening during computer lab time, at center times in classrooms, or on mp3 players.
I’m on a hunt for free technology resources for our two elementary schools…this qualifies!
Thanks!
I’m impressed! Very good story.
good good good
why did you make it so long? well the best storys are the long storys arn’t they! is bertie the frog from the frog prince?
hi there! here is a story i made up that mabye you would like to use on storynory i wrote this when i was 7:
An Ill Easter Bunny?
One sunny Saturday, the day before Easter, there was a 7 year old girl named Amberley. She was an ordinary girl but here is a story about her and her friends but don’t worry boys because there is Amberley and 4 of her friends, who are girls and 5 boys so don’t stop reading! Now, the ten friends are: Amberley, Ella, Kira, Shannon, Kirsten, Kyle, Daniel, Alfie, Fabian and Cameron.
That morning, in all ten of those houses, all those same children got the same letter! (Except for their names of course!) The letter read:
Dear (their name),
I ‘m very ill and can’t deliver the eggs tonight! So
I’m counting on you and nine of you friends (their names including yours) are Amberley, Ella, Kira, Kirsten, Shannon, Kyle, Daniel, Alfie, Fabian and Cameron. I want you to be in three groups to get the job done quicker. in group number 1 will be: Ella, Kira and Shannon. In group number 2 is: Kirsten, Kyle and Daniel. In group number 3 is: Alfie, Fabian and Cameron. Now Amberley has an very important job and that job is to come to my workshop, get a basket of eggs and put it where you started so that when a group has finished their house they can go back to pick up another basket. Don’t forget, you have 7 hours to do all of Portsmouth. To get out of your house starting at 10.00, you will have to tell your parents that your teacher wants you to learn how to walk to school with her at night but you don’t know the reason and also tell her that she’s right outside and you’ll be doing this for 8 hours so you have an hour to get home.
Hope you can do it!
Love and chocolate eggs,
The Easter Bunny
P.S Meet together at The big oak tree so the boys can climb the tree and look for the nearest houses.
So that very same night, the ten friends tricked their parents and met at the big oak tree. Amberley went and got the first three baskets and of they went. Every house group 1 went to they hid 24 Easter eggs, every house group 2 went to they hid 17 Easter eggs and every house group 3 went to they hid 10 Easter eggs. They did 650 houses each in 7 hours without their parents knowing at all and what’s extraordinary is all together that makes 1,950 houses!!
The next day the Easter Bunny was well again and he rewarded them with a HUGE Easter egg each, that had mini Easter eggs inside but told them to only write the story in a secret diary to be famous when they die because if they found out whilst they were alive everyone would be stopping them for their autograph but the children were grateful and didn’t want to ever be famous not even when they’re dead because children never tell a secret but even when they grew up, they NEVER took the secret out of their minds! And if you look at the ground today, around the nearest oak tree to St. Johns school, you’ll see giant bunny foot prints!
So that was it, Easter was saved, by ten 7 year olds! And this story has a message that you might have noticed all ready its: little people have the courage to stand up to dangerous things and their very daring so it just goes to show to those big people who bully small people, small people are very important so don’t treat them like there doing anything wrong and just because their small doesn’t mean that their useless because in this story and it may be happening this very second somewhere else, small people can save the world!
To the children who were in this story, ( it was based on real people!) You never know, this might not be a story, it may be a story about what will happen in the future! So stay alive in your bunny, hunny hive!
would u like to have my story?
I LLLLLOOOOOVVVVVEEEEEDDDD the story! I listen to story nory a lot, and like the other stories as well!
ccoooooooooooooll!
I know that he whas going to be and back to his
This is a simply great story,even if I am a girl. I really liked this story even though it got me frightened sometimes. I thohgt maybe you could add some mermaid story or whatever… But enough about mermaids. By the way, I loved this story!
cooooll
I know he was frightend
This story is very nice
good good good good
it was coooooool
it was so cool and is he 59 years old but I AM 8 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I listend to one part each day and it was… fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I listend to one part each day and it was… fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This story is so cool!!!
I realy enjoyed it and so di dmy brotheres-they like pirates lol…
Can you get some more stories like this? What is your faveroite story bertie?
i like the reading.
It is rubbish
wicked story
very good story and cleaver. i loved it to bits being a massive pirate admirer myself. loved it.
I love this srory! It’s so good, exept ….I didn’t really get the plan though, how did the Sheap bladder help? All in all this story is very good
hi haidy yes youre right its grate
I like it. You should make another story about jack.
your stories are cool
I take that back. I mean boring!
haidy, I didnt write the story but the bladder holds stuff so it was like having a big balloon. when he blew it up it acted as a intertube to hold him from drowning in the water….
I’m impressed! Very good story.very good story and cleaver.I realy enjoyed it
cool but so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so easy just get a phone or anything else that is heavy and thorw it at captin blackheart and then run and sail the ship to the harber.but don’t wory about the other pirates just take the other pirates cutlass and chop there head all there heads of.
I LOVE “≮长乐☆未央”;
it was scary
I LOVE the part when jack sank in the water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bye
That was ok but my favourite is part 4
THIS IS THE BEST STORY ON STORY NORY EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Natasha, thanks for reading the story.
it was really cool and i really really really exciting.and i really loved it.
I like the story but I think that it should be one long story.
i loved it
it is scary
It was an exciting pirate story. Jack showed a lot of courage talking to the pirates even though he felt very nervous. Jack learnt a lot on the pirate ship. He learnt to cook, clean, fire cannons and climb the rigging while being Captain Blackheart’prisoner. Jack was clever and very brave to follow Ben, the cabin boy’s way to escape from the pirate ship by jumping into the water from the plank. Even though he did not know how to swim, he blowed the bladder with a straw to help him survive. Jack was lucky to be safe home again.
I really liked this part because Jack walked the plank and swam to shore.I liked the end because it was a happy ending.
I like idea of blowing the balloon was really cleaver.And the pirates and captain Blackheart thought Jack was eaten by a shark!
this was the most exiting part.
very very exiting. The story builds a lot of suspense at part 4 so it made part 5 very very exiting
It’s the best story on story nory
+ part 5 is my favorite part
I like the way Jack made a sheeps liver into a ballon too help him sail back to shore.That was a good idea!
I thought that Jack has a very good imageanashon. He is a very nice boy. I thought that Captain Black Heart on the other hand is very mean and horibble. My favrite part of the story was when Ben and Jack became
friends. I thought the whole story was EXCITING!!!!!
it was scary when he was going on the plank but it is the best story on story nory!!!!!!!!
wow plant no way i want to go on it.
t is the best story on story nory.
I liked the end of the story. It was a bit scary, but it was a very good plan.
wow
there were 5-7 mistakes in the whole story but i still really injoied it though and it was really scary walking the plank.
It was really intreasting and exciting. my favorite person was Jack beacuse he walked the plank and was very brave.
I loved it.my feforet persion was jack cus he was brave.
i liked the end
Very very good
I like the way he did not go to sailing school but he went to pirate school
Jack is a brave boy
There were a few text errors that i think you should correct.
There were a few text errors that i think you should correct.I think Jack is a brave boy.
Ilove the part when jack sank into the water !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I thought that Jack has a very good imagination .He is a very nice boy. I thought that Captain Black Heart on the other hand is very mean and horibble. My favrite part of the story was when Ben and Jack became
friends. I thought the whole story was EXCITING!!!!!
There were a few text errors that i think you should correct.I think Jack is a brave boy by jumping in the water.when he was put in a ransom
This story is EXCITING AND FUN to read I
liked the part when Jack was about to
eat jellied sheep’s eyes, snake,stewed worms
and the bug burger. oooooooooooooohhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
The most yuckiest part was when Jack ate sheep eyes and other yucky stuff!I like the part when captain blackhearts face turned red,green and purple and when Jack walk the plank!!!!
the best story in the world
the best story that i’ve read
I liked the part when Jack walked the plank and then swam to shore.
Ben was actually helping Jack and Ben was on the good side not the big meanie Captain Blackheart’s side and I like the part when Jack walked the plank and blew the straw on the sheep’s bladder and swam to shore.
This is one of the best story’s I ever heard.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I loved the stroy it was a funny plan
Natasha’s naration was extremly interesting and very easy to under stand.
I found the story quite entertaning.
It was sad that Jack’s own family did not believe or trust him. I admire Jack as he faced the mean and annoying pirates with great courage and bravery.
Natasha has a lovely voice.
She has a very good and talented expression.
I liked the story beacause there are very good
names for the characters.
Jack is a very brave boy and he is also very
clever.
But did he learn his lession?
By Serena
I thought the story was exciting because Jack went to the wrong school and when Jack had to walk the plank I thought Jack was going to get eaten by the sharks. Ben was a good boy because he helped Jack wash the dishes and escape to land. Captain Blackheart was a mean Captain.
It was a relief when Jack and Ben came up with a plan and im glad ben risked helping Jack!!This story was very adventurous.
I like the part when Ben and Jack became friends and Jack was so brave.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like the part when captain Blackheart’s face turns purple .It was so exiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was so exiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so relieved jack didn’t drown.
Blow into sheeps bladder no thank you
I thought that was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!! I liked the part when Jack was forced to walk the plank and I thought he was going to die but he didn’t.
I love the story a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It had lots of adjectives and it was very interesting and it had a lot of expression.
great ending
I liked it when Jack jumped off the plank.
I like the part when Jack had a little bite of the food.
I loved the story.
I liked all the parts in the story. Though Part 5 was little confusing because the other people did not die with the captain.
good ending!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really liked it because it was funny and good. My favourite character was the
parrot he was really funny because he ate all
the cake.
posted may 25,2008at 7:05 am
grate ending!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was a very interstige ending and very discitive story.the plan was cool!!!!!!!!!!!But also wired…….!!!!!
COOL STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was a intesting story from storynory and very,very disceptivfe.The plan was cool and a bit wierd!?
VERY,VERY,VERY COOL STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
I felt a bit scared at the first part of the story.But through the story the story didn’t felt scary anymore because when Jack fell on the plank luckly he found a ballon and went back to shore and was safe. which then he went back home
it was exiting becuse when Jack walk the plank you don’t know what will happen next maybe he stays in the water and drown. or he or gets stranded in a island and never gets save. or he gets home
I loved the story alot!!!! I liked their plan.It was cool but wierd!
It is so weird that um…Um..COOL!
i think the plan was really good but it was sad when jack had to leave ben although he was a pirate he still was a good friend.
This adventure story was so strange.How can there be pirates in the modern year???
But I liked how that Jack’s plan worked so easily.
[part 3] how someone said DOWN HIS/YOUR SPINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I enjoyed the story so much that I was imagning I was Jack.It was very uniqe from other pirate story’s.I liked theplan it was realy cool and,was very deceptivfe.My favorite character was Jack and Ben because they were really cunning.
I like the part when jack and ben be friend.
IPRESSING!!!
I FELT REALLY SCARED WHEN JACK FELT THE WATER CLOSING ABOVE HIS HEAD AS I THHOUT HE WOULD SINK.
My favourite part was when CaptainBlackheart
hit jacks part and hit him in the water!
I think that this is a great adventure story. It was very exciting, it made me feel scared at times and I felt frightened for Jack.
Overall it was really really good, I really enjoyed it and I liked how Jack’s plan worked so easily. Also, I felt sad when Jack had to leave Ben at the end because although he was a pirate he was still a good friend.
it is the greatest one story nory RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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I love this part of the story because I liked the part where Jack walked the plank.
it was great
It was a very clever plan by Jack and Ben.
He got home safely.
duna duna duna duna duna duna duna land again !!
Impressive !!
Marvellouse!!
Perfect !!!!!
and
Brilliant !!!
All THOSE WORDS !
Thanks Natasha and Bertie !!
Blow into sheeps bladder no thank you!
I hate sheeps jellied eyes