23/06/2023
🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️The Pirates’ Cove 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
“We’re going to work, please take care of our son,”
Jason’s mother told Jason’s babysitter, Tatiana. Tatiana smiled and nodded. She carried Jason, who just turned 5, in her arms and rocked him. As soon as she heard Jason’s parents shut the door, Tatiana put Jason on the sofa and left him there on his own.
“Take care of yourself, Jason. I’ll be upstairs!”
Tatiana told Jason. She walked upstairs into Jason’s parents’ room and shut the door. She was glad to be away from him. Children were annoying. Little Jason was all alone in the living room but he did not mind. It was time for his favourite show, The Pirates’ Cove.
“Arr! Where be the booty?”
The main character asked in his pirate accent. The characters in the show were goofy and funny. The show was very entertaining to Jason.
“Oh! Jason’s parents are almost home!”
Tatiana noticed the time and rushed out of Jason’s parents’ room, down the stairs and into the living room. In there, she noticed a very strange sight but Jason was still laughing.
“His parents will not know that I leave him there every day as long as he’s still laughing,” Tatiana thought.
She suddenly heard the main door open. Tatiana immediately turned off the television and scooped Jason up. She acted as if she had been playing with him for hours.
“We’re back!” Jason’s parents called.
“Oh, hello! Jason and I were just watching television!” Tatiana lied. Jason’s parents were so gullible.
“Hello, Jason! What were you two watching?” Jason’s mother asked him. Jason simply looked innocently into his mother’s eyes.
“We will be having Show-and-Tell today about our favourite shows. Who would like to go first?” Jason’s teacher, Miss Forest, asked the class. All of the students bowed their heads, hoping that somebody brave would volunteer to go first. Nobody volunteered.
“What about you, Jason?” Miss Forest chose Jason to go first,
“Please stand up and tell us about your favourite show,” Jason sighed and stood up. He looked around the classroom. All eyes were on him.
“Well, my favourite show is The Pirates’ Cove. It’s about these pirates who are looking for treasure. I like it because I think the characters’ movements are very funny and goofy,” Jason explained. He did not expect words to just flow out of his mouth. Suddenly, a classmate raised her hand.
“I watch many shows on the television but I have never seen The Pirates’ Cove before. Are you sure it’s a real show?” she asked. Jason’s classmates nodded in agreement.
“Of course it’s a real show!” Jason replied, offended.
“I can’t believe she doesn’t know what the show is! She must be lying about watching television!” Jason told his best friend, Mikael, at recess.
“I want to believe you but I also have never heard of the Pirates’ Cove,” Mikael said.
“You too? Humph! I’ll show you! I’ll record a whole episode!” Jason said. He could not believe they did not know what The Pirates’ Cove was.
When Jason got back home, Tatiana was in his parents’ room. His parents’ were not home yet either, as usual. He dumped his bag on the floor as soon as he got home and ran into his room to find his camera. He rummaged through his drawers and cupboards. The camera was not in there. After a whole hour of searching for his camera, Jason finally found it under his bed. He ran into the living room and looked at the time.
“Phew, I’m just in time for The Pirates’ Cove!” Jason thought. He turned on the television and clicked the ‘Record’ button.
“Ahoy, sailors! Today, we are going to raid an island!” said the main character.
“Hm, that’s strange. I thought this show was only about finding treasure…” Jason mumbled to himself. Yet, he continued watching. The main character and his crew members sailed to an island and raided the island’s resources. When the villagers tried to stop them, they captured them and made them walk the plank. That scene was particularly scary.
“I wish somebody was here to watch it with me…” Jason thought. When the show ended, he stopped recording and turned off his camera. He put it in his bag and started doing his school homework.
The next day, at recess, he showed the recording to his classmates.
“See? This is a real show! Look, this is the main character and these are the crew,” Jason explained to his classmates. He did not notice his friends’ shocked looks and wide eyes. After the recording, all of Jason’s classmates backed away from him and went to the basketball court. Even Mikael left him. “Strange,” Jason thought.
At home, he changed into his pajamas and went into the living room.
“Time for The Pirates’ Cove!” Jason flopped onto the sofa and got ready for the show. He then heard his parents coming home from work. They were quite early. Tatiana’s footsteps boomed as she thundered down the stairs. She was sweating by the time she was beside Jason.
“I’ll get going now! Bye!’ Tatiana slipped out of the door, glad to get away from Jason and his parents.
“Father, Mother, come watch The Pirates’ Cove with me!” Jason called to his parents. They decided to watch it with him as they had never really spent much time with him.
“It’s starting!” Jason exclaimed, excited. “Look! See? That’s my favourite character!” Jason pointed. What his parents saw scared them.
They saw a big, dark screen.
Written by
Luna Halo