The Old Pirate Said "Tis A Good Life"

Marlee was talking to Cooper on the phone when she got back from Florida. "It was such a long ride in the airplane. I got really tired, but it was such fun seeing you and going on the rides with you. That little blue car that you  picked out was really fun. Did you have a good time too?"

Cooper agreed that he had had a good time as well. They both hoped that they would see each other more often. It was such fun having friends and catching up with each other.

Marlee had been a bit upset that her Grandma B had gone on a vacation without her. So much so that her parents decided to go on vacation as well, and of course, take Marlee and her sister along. Marlee had offered to take some of her egg money out of her chicken bank, but they said that was okay. They would pay for everything that they needed.

Marlee and her family had seen lots of things that they didn't see at home. They saw the ocean, where at home they just had lakes and creeks. They saw so many boats. There were big ones and little ones. Some of the boat had big white sails on them. At home she had only seen fishing boats. They didn't have sails, they had motors.

 They saw so many people that Marlee couldn't begin to count. There were so many that she had seen at the Pirate Parade. Her hometown was really little. The biggest crowds they had was at the Fall Festival at the end of the summer. She remembered seeing a lot of dogs too. One of them she pointed at. He had on a red cape. "He looked like SuperDog.," she thought to herself.

 They had seen some fun things when they got there. Marlee had fallen asleep at the motel and had dreamed of the Story Time that Grandma Lu had given at the library. She had dressed up like a pirate and all of the children and adults had had so much fun. She and Maddie had even put some pictures of pirates and a message in a bottle. While she was in Florida, her parents had dropped it by the rocks so that Grandma B could find it.

 Marlee could almost smell the salty sea air and see the real pirate ships floating on the water.

 What Marlee did not know was that her Grandma B was the real owner of her long lost cousin's enchanting island. The deed had been placed behind the old pirate's picture at the very motel that Grandma B and her friends had stayed at. The old pirate had told the reporter that she wanted her picture in the newspaper story she was going to write. "Argh, wonder if it be a book..."

 She had chuckled to herself thinking, "Someday in the future, someone just might find this. I wonder who will inherit me island? I wonder if I would like the mates. I wonder if there will be little maties playing in the sand." When she had finished putting the deed in the frame she walked off never to be seen again. But you could hear the splashing of the waves and a faint, "Arghh! Tis a good life, it tis. I surely do love me island."