The Pirate Puppy

The moon was full and there was a sweet sent in the air. The crisp cool
breeze filled the sails and pushed the small ship forward. The ship was
small, only big enough for one puppy. That's exactly how Sledger liked it.
Just him and his ship and the ocean as far as the eye could see.

Sledger wished that he could take the time to enjoy this night but he was
on a mission. He had been promised a treasure chest full of milk bones to
rid a nearby port city of the dreaded sea flea pirates. He had seen their
sails a few hours ago and now he was in hot pursuit. In that short time he
had gained on them quite a bit. He could see that even though their ship
was a lot smaller it was full of pirate fleas. Sea flea pirates were very
dangerous. They would attack anyone and they always attacked in large
numbers.

Sledger wasn't scared though. He pushed forward gaining on them even more.
One of the pirate fleas finally spotted Sledger and the entire ship went
into an uproar. They knew who Sledger was, he was the bravest pirate
around. The sea fleas knew that they couldn't outrun Sledger's ship so they
turned and prepared for the fight.

Sledger pulled his ship up beside the sea flea pirate ship. There were
hundreds of them against one pirate puppy. The sea flea pirates jumped onto
Sledger's ship with their swords in hand. Sledger drew his own sword and
fought back. All that could be heard was the clanking of sword against
sword. They came at Sledger from every direction. They were fast, but
Sledger was faster. He swatted at them with his tail. He nipped at them
with his sharp teeth. They kept coming and Sledger kept knocking them into
the water. One by one he sent them flying off into the cold waters that he
called home. In no time Sledger had beaten all of the sea flea pirates. He
looked at all of them in the water and warned them that if they ever
returned he would not be such a nice puppy next time.

When Sledger returned to the port city everyone cheered. They gave him the
treasure chest full of milk bones just like they had promised. Then he was
off again. Just Sledger the pirate puppy and his trusted ship.

Told on, Dec. 12, 2010