The Barry Loser Series

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‘All aboard for Mogden Island!’ boomed the captain again, and I wondered if he just liked saying it, seeing as it was only me and the little girl from my school

getting on, and we’d both comperleeterly

heard him the first time.

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I jumped into his ferry, which was

actually just a little wooden boat with

a tiny motor hanging off the back of

it, and sat down next to the girl. She

was looking a teeny weeny bit nervous,

and I guessed it must be her first time

at Pirate Camp.

‘It’s that boy who was crying!’ she

giggled up at her mum, who was

standing on the pier, but I just ignored

them both, because I was too busy

looking at the captain’s hand.

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The captain’s hand was at the end

of his arm, which is where hands

usually are. What wasn’t usual about

this hand, howeverypoos, was that it

only had two fingers.

‘See you’ve seen me fingas!’ said the

captain, and I immedi-swivelled my

eyes a millimetre to the right, so they

didn’t look like they were looking at his

fingers any more. ‘Fishies got ‘em!’ he

cackled, nodding out towards the lake,

and I wondered if Mogden Lake had

sharks in it or something.

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‘R-r-really?’ stuttered the little girl,

suddenly not giggling any more, and

she stuffed her hands into her pockets

for safekeeping.

‘Nah, jus’ pulling ya legs!’ chuckled the

captain, and the little girl glanced down

at her legs, looking like she wished she

had somewhere to hide them too.

The captain undid the rope that was

keeping the boat tied to Mogden Pier

and started fiddling with the motor.

He grabbed a handle with his two

fingers and gave it a tug, and the

ferry started blowing off, little clouds

of smoke floating out of its bum.

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