Bathtub Pirates

Some of the best times in a child's life are spent playing in the bathtub. Surrounded by aquatic toys and a sea of bubbles, the imagination runs wild with adventure stories. What child hasn't pretended to be a pirate, sailing on his own bathtub ship?

Captain Blackbeard, one of the Carolinas' most infamous pirates, is without his ship. So a child's bathtub will have to do. His motley crew outfits the bathtub with rudder, sail and a jolly roger.

At first the child is delighted to be part of the gang. However, once at sea, the pirates put the "kid" to work. Besides learning strange sailor lingo, the child has to perform all kinds of unsavory duties, including fishing for octopus. Finally relegated to swabbing the decks with "Q" tips, the child wishes only to return home. The life of a pirate proves to be less than romantic.

But Blackbeard has other plans. He wants to be a more contemporary pirate. Instead of sunken treasure, he's after high-tech software. He schemes to be rich by pirating the latest video games and programs. When the "kid" gets wind of Blackbeard's plan, he decides to stage a mutiny and become captain, Captain Kid, of the bathtub. But the mutiny fails. No pirate can stand up to Blackbeard.

The kid enlists the help of a friendly pirate, "Tweezers," as well as a plumber (the puppeteer) who happens to be working on the tub. Together they devise a plan. Captain Kid challenges Blackbeard to a duel. Winner takes all. And thanks to a last minute act by the plumber, the kid is victorious and sails off into the sunset.

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