Pirates and other thoughts

I confess that each time I hear a reporter say "pirates" I secretly want to giggle. Not because I am wholly unbalanced, but because I am a fan of Richard Scarry's books. I have some that are 3 decades old, saved from my own childhood, and many I have added to the collection because my boys adore them, too.




In Bedtime Stories, the first tale is about Uncle Willy, who plans to spend the day sailing, even though there are pirates in the area. He takes along a cherry pie for lunch. Predictably, he encounters the pirates - a rag tag gang of rats. Upon capturing his vessel, they make quick work of eating his pie. Uncle Willy bests the pirates in the end, and as the policeman leads them away, their faces smeared with pie, Lowly Worm says, "You bad pie-rats!"

I know, it is really lame. But it still makes me giggle!