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Thomas, who then cursed most loudly, as a boat easily

just as big as theirs was sailing towards them. See, Al’s

boat had the English flag raised, which was not good at

all, as the ship that was sailing towards them was flying

the Jolly Roger. That's right fellows; A ship full of

hostile pirates who were famous for sinking ships, taking

captives, and making them walk the plank. The boat was

inching closer to Al’s English boat. The Pirates in the

area were known to be quite merciless and would sink

any boat that sailed near them.

“What do we do?” Hugh asked Captain Thomas.

“We surrender. We have no armed men on board

so we cannot fight,” Thomas said. that was then out of

the question when a cannonball made a direct hit to one

of the sails of Al’s boat. “I’m not sure that they will let