Nimizts! (Who, astonishingly enough, really did look like a bouquet of flowers from a distance.) He stalked toward her, screaming some gibberish. "Where is it? Where is it?!!!!!!!" he yelled at her as she cringed and shook.
"Where is what, Nim?" she asked timidly, for Chuckles had an unhealthy respect for this mighty pirate.
He dropped to his knees beside her and began digging in the sand furiously, moaning in such a way as to make Chuckles stare at him and wonder why she had put him on such a high pedestal. Suddenly, he screamed and jumped to his feet. "It's broken! Oh, it's broken!" With that, he charged back down the beach to find his ship and drown himself in a barrel o' rum.
Chuckles, eyebrows raised, reached into the hole in the sand and pulled out a golden cup that was cracked down the middle. On it, in bright, jeweled letters, was the word "TREATY." She stuck it in her blouse with a grin and went back to her ship to find some duct tape.
She was in such a hurry to get back to her ship, she failed to notice Mary sitting in the sand near a very large rock. Using her binoculars, Mary was spying on......
_________________ Map Quest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
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