Sunrise today

Hi kids! Poor Pirate John! He had to get up early this morning to get ready for the men to come fix his boat again. This is what sunrise looked like today in Rockland harbor. The boat on the left has two masts. The second mast is higher than the first so the boat is a schooner. Different types of boats have different names. I'll teach you more of the names as we go along. As soon as I got up I saw an osprey, that's a great big bird like an eagle, dive into the water and haul out a fish almost as big as he was. He was one happy bird! He flew around my boat three times calling,'Cree! Cree!' then landed on the boom on the second mast of this boat and ate the fish for breakfast.

The man came, hauled our boat over to his dock and took the thing that connects the motor to the propellor out again. This is the third time. He took it apart, scratched his head because he couldn't figure it out and went home. So we are tied up at his dock with a broken boat again. Pirate John is about ready to string this fat man up with the ropes on the mast and hack him apart with my pirate sword. But Angel Jen says, 'Cut it out! Just cool it. Work on the boat, practice your sailor knots and after supper we'll get ice cream.' Angel Jen just bought the fat man another day on earth. But tomorrow I swear I'm going to hang him. Well, kids, be good. Do EVERYTHING your teacher says and remember,'The teacher is always right, even when you don't like it.' John from the phone