Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page123 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n take up other exciting work like chicken farming or potato husbandry!<\/p>\n With a perverse kind of loyalty, and in spite of his puny appearance and his reluctance to be involved in any hand to hand fighting, the crew of The Frumious Bandersnatch<\/em> are keen to protect BlackCloud and ensure that he remains as captain. The alternative is to have BlackDog become the captain, and then they are convinced that he would get them all killed!<\/p>\n Hiding in the calm waters on the leeward side, BlackCloud waits for The Frabjous Joy <\/em>to round the southern tip of Puffin Island, and then he signals the crew to silently move in. The square rigged mainsails of the brig are unfurled, followed quickly by the topsails. As The Frumious Bandersnatch<\/em> begins to move, the topgallants and royals are prepared and she picks up more speed.<\/p>\n There are a few inconsequential cumulus clouds dotted about the sky on this pleasant Tuesday afternoon. A light breeze means that the swell is calm and mellow. The crew of The Frabjous Joy <\/em>are relaxed, cruising at a gentle pace, and they\u2019re enjoying a well earned rest at this mid point between Amlwch and Conwy.<\/p>\n Frenzied activity ensues aboard the larger and faster Frumious Bandersnatch<\/em> as the pirates\u2019 adrenalin starts pumping. The raiding party readies the grappling hooks and ropes, the clamber netting and the long gisarmes. In silence, BlackCloud watches from his vantage point on the poop deck.<\/p>\n BlackDog, one hand holding the starboard caprail amidships, leans seaward, and frantically waves his free hand urging the helmsman to bring the ship closer to the line of The Frabjous Joy<\/em>. When the right moment comes the deckhands are ready to hoist the sails, lowering the speed.<\/p>\n When the two ships come along side, the raiding party will have a few seconds to board, before the momentum takes the pirate ship ahead.<\/p>\n At the helm of The Frabjous Joy <\/em>DynamoDave is admiring the immaculate panoramic view on a near perfect, sun dappled<\/p>\n Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page123 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Previous – Book1 Page123 \u2013 Next take up other exciting work like chicken farming or potato husbandry! With a perverse kind of loyalty, and in spite of his puny appearance and his reluctance to be involved in any hand to hand fighting, the crew of The Frumious Bandersnatch are keen to protect BlackCloud and ensure … Continue reading “Chapter 16 The Battle of Puffin Island123”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1512,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions\/1512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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