The Narrow Squeak Show Chapter 4

Now, I have been thinking I have had a few scrapes.......... Ticked a few chaps off Ships sinking Harmless japes! Am I getting soft? The pirate chaps were great! Landed me ashore, with sacks full of pieces of eight So, not all a waste! Although they departed in indecent haste! It all came to a head Was it something I said? That lava underground.......... Huge canyon in the pavement The local council Totally unsound! I came through it all Not once did i fall! Well,it's time for a shower and a bite to eat. It's getting late, and my pockets are heavy with all the pieces of eight! Why is it pieces of eight? Why not pieces of three? That stumped you ,I see! Is it me? or is it me? I see a fine hotel, rang the bell Gave the door man a tip That scraggy piece of carpet, caused me to trip! I was ok, just stubbed toes! The other chap............. Had a bloody nose! I gave him a piece of eight (is it me?) for his trouble to buy himself dinner What a winner! He was now my mate! Now, I was thinking All I have been told......... By those bloody pirates! That it was cursed gold! Well, I will put it to the test I says I heaved a sack with all my might and bought a ticket on a space shuttle flight It leaves in three days! I have never felt so alive! Excited too! I can complete chapter five A first class cabin no less! I am looking foward to it I must confess