Ice cream at bedtime,Aunt Betty's the best!She knows in the summerit's hard to find restwhen faced with hot sheets,hot pillows, hot bed,no place cool enoughto lay a hot head.Instead, we escape,my aunt ... [+]
Translated by Kate Deimling
Captain Peck is beside himself. Timmy has disappeared! The captain's concern is magnified by the darkness that has swallowed the ship, a sliver of cloud now covering the moon. He motions to Cruvar, his loyal second mate."Blimey, Cruvar! Where on earth is that scounderel of a cabin boy?""Uh...how should I put it, Captain..." Cruvar weakly replies, avoiding the captain's gaze."Come on! Out with it!""He's up there...""What do you mean, up there?"The two men look up at the same time and spy young Timmy hanging on to the very top of the ship's mast, his crying barely audible."For crying out loud, w