Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Treasure Island


The kids and I have been reading Treasure Island recently at bedtime. I hadn't read this book in years and years, but it's still a great tale. It's got it all -- treasure maps, sailing ships, buried treasure and plenty of semi-scurvy double-crossing pirates. The kids thought that Pew, the blind, mean and scary pirate who was posing as a beggar at the start, was particularly spooky. They were pretty disappointed when Long John Silver turned out to be something much worse than a cheerful ships cook as well. I'm just happy that they now know that Long John Silver is something more than a third tier fast food chain in the United States.

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