When will I get to land? - story of part 3
All the surviving stories (I, II, and part of III) have been scanned. Tomorrow or maybe the day after I shall probably type them up in their original context. It's all classic stuff. I mean things like "John readed it" must give a grin on everyone's face not to mention the way the second story is written. Anyway moving on.
Here's a synopsis of the stories. If you want to wait until tomorrow or the day after to find out what happens in these stories then just don't read the following but it's not as if these are huge novels so it doesn't really matter.
Anyway. Characters: John Barrel, Polly, Captain Bang, the crew.
John Barrel is really a simple sailor working on a er some kind of cargo ship which carries things like barrels though judging from the ship's name: The drunk man's barrel, you can pretty much tell anyway what goes in these barrels. Yes nice lemonade. Hee hee, nah you know what it is. One day while possibly slacking off in his daily chores, John is caught and to make an example of him, Captain Bang throughs him over board which basicly is what the whole story is about. John isn't unpopular with his fellow crew members but he isn't exactly their hero. To say anymore would be to look too deeply into a simple story.
Polly is a parrot who can speak fluent english even though she is only a parrot. John finds her on a small (very small) island and they become friends instantly. How she came to be on that island is left a mystery until the fourth story which is sadly lost along with her past.
Captain Bang was once a pirate who had enough, gone straight and begun his life again. This is common knowledge among the crew of his ship: the drunk man's barrel, though no one can prove this which explains why he's allowed to work in this field. In the story Bang is getting old and his sanity is rather wonky. He is now basically a loony and threatens people to obey him. Bang isn't a real villain just a poor man who is out of his mind and doesn't know what he's doing.
The crew are well the crew. They are mentioned but never say anything. And that's really all that can be said about them.
Story.
The first story is about the adventure of John Barrel after he is thrown over board. After finding Polly on that island and setting out in the barrel again, he is rescued by the ship er hats with sails in the shape of hats.
The second story takes place obviously some time after the first. John is now back on land and not working. (How he can survive on no money is unknown but there you go). He lives quite happily with Polly until one day. While walking along the coast John and Polly find a barrel bobbing about in the sea. In it is a call for help in the form of a letter from John's old crew. It turns out that Bang has completely flipped and they are all in danger. How that barrel arrived at where John lived is a rather comical mystery. Anyway John buys a boat and sets sail to his old ship. After three hours rowing in a dingy he finds the ship out at sea. Don't point out the plot holes everyone else already has. He gets aboard and threatens Bang before fighting. John wins and Bang is thrown over board to swim back to land.
The third story is set a while after the second. John has begun a new life on the drunk man's barrel. What rank he is and (if it's high) how he got there is something we won't get into. Anyway while talking to Polly, John discovers that Polly has gone quiet. She has been trapped in a cage and the culprit is none over than Captain Bang out for revenge. The whole story is one final battle between John and Bang in which Bang looses a hand and ( we think seeing as half of it is missing) falls into the sea to be eaten by sharks. Thus ends the adventures of John Barrel and Polly.
The fourth story is a prequel. Life is good now that John's adventures are over and the two heroes can relax and move on. The story is basically John asking how Polly came to be on the island on which he found her so far out at sea. Polly tells her life's story, where she came from and how she learnt to speak english. This all of course leads to her being on the island. What was in that story is lost since it was not among the other stories that were found.
Anyway either tomorrow or the day day after I'll put up the When will I get to land stories somewhere. Maybe not on the main page as they'll take up too much space but anyway there you go. Until then.
Here's a synopsis of the stories. If you want to wait until tomorrow or the day after to find out what happens in these stories then just don't read the following but it's not as if these are huge novels so it doesn't really matter.
Anyway. Characters: John Barrel, Polly, Captain Bang, the crew.
John Barrel is really a simple sailor working on a er some kind of cargo ship which carries things like barrels though judging from the ship's name: The drunk man's barrel, you can pretty much tell anyway what goes in these barrels. Yes nice lemonade. Hee hee, nah you know what it is. One day while possibly slacking off in his daily chores, John is caught and to make an example of him, Captain Bang throughs him over board which basicly is what the whole story is about. John isn't unpopular with his fellow crew members but he isn't exactly their hero. To say anymore would be to look too deeply into a simple story.
Polly is a parrot who can speak fluent english even though she is only a parrot. John finds her on a small (very small) island and they become friends instantly. How she came to be on that island is left a mystery until the fourth story which is sadly lost along with her past.
Captain Bang was once a pirate who had enough, gone straight and begun his life again. This is common knowledge among the crew of his ship: the drunk man's barrel, though no one can prove this which explains why he's allowed to work in this field. In the story Bang is getting old and his sanity is rather wonky. He is now basically a loony and threatens people to obey him. Bang isn't a real villain just a poor man who is out of his mind and doesn't know what he's doing.
The crew are well the crew. They are mentioned but never say anything. And that's really all that can be said about them.
Story.
The first story is about the adventure of John Barrel after he is thrown over board. After finding Polly on that island and setting out in the barrel again, he is rescued by the ship er hats with sails in the shape of hats.
The second story takes place obviously some time after the first. John is now back on land and not working. (How he can survive on no money is unknown but there you go). He lives quite happily with Polly until one day. While walking along the coast John and Polly find a barrel bobbing about in the sea. In it is a call for help in the form of a letter from John's old crew. It turns out that Bang has completely flipped and they are all in danger. How that barrel arrived at where John lived is a rather comical mystery. Anyway John buys a boat and sets sail to his old ship. After three hours rowing in a dingy he finds the ship out at sea. Don't point out the plot holes everyone else already has. He gets aboard and threatens Bang before fighting. John wins and Bang is thrown over board to swim back to land.
The third story is set a while after the second. John has begun a new life on the drunk man's barrel. What rank he is and (if it's high) how he got there is something we won't get into. Anyway while talking to Polly, John discovers that Polly has gone quiet. She has been trapped in a cage and the culprit is none over than Captain Bang out for revenge. The whole story is one final battle between John and Bang in which Bang looses a hand and ( we think seeing as half of it is missing) falls into the sea to be eaten by sharks. Thus ends the adventures of John Barrel and Polly.
The fourth story is a prequel. Life is good now that John's adventures are over and the two heroes can relax and move on. The story is basically John asking how Polly came to be on the island on which he found her so far out at sea. Polly tells her life's story, where she came from and how she learnt to speak english. This all of course leads to her being on the island. What was in that story is lost since it was not among the other stories that were found.
Anyway either tomorrow or the day day after I'll put up the When will I get to land stories somewhere. Maybe not on the main page as they'll take up too much space but anyway there you go. Until then.
posted by Rob-151 @ 9:13 am
Rob is still creating this site and is learning about it as he goes. But there is along way to go still.
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