Re: A Ransome Pastiche


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Posted by Jenna Darter on December 17, 1998 at 14:01:16:

In Reply to: Re: A Ransome Pastiche posted by John Williams on December 16, 1998 at 14:48:40:

John, I think, would turn out to be too much of a pacifist to go into the Navy, especially when the war began. I think he would be one of those solo yachtsmen, breaking world records by making longer and longer solo passages in smaller and smaller boats.

Currently, he is completing his fourteenth consecutive non-stop circumnavigation in a two-foot clipper-rigged barrel, with cunningly concealed pemmican tins as ballast.

Each time his course takes him past a certain small island in the Pacific, he semaphores greetings to its sole occupant - Titty - who came to those shores thirty years ago today.

But wait! What's this! The fraternal communication is rudely interrupted by the sudden appearance of a naval destroyer, which fires a shot across the bows of the barrel. On the bridge are Admiral Joe, Captain Bill and Helmsman Pete. Unknown to Titty, her tropical sanctuary has recently been declared a nuclear testing site and the Royal Navy are clearing the area.

As the destroyer prepares to fire again, it looks as if it's all up for John.

Or maybe not. Admiral Joe is distracted by the sudden sighting of a strange, rainbow-striped vessel. "It's the Greenpeace Ship Coot Warrior!" shouts Helmsman Pete. "Under the command of Tom "The Outlaw" Dudgeon, no doubt," replies Captain Bill, grimly.

John is saved as the destroyer turns away. Hastily placing a red Woolwroth plate over his green starboard light to confuse the enemy, the barrel sails swiftly away.

"Swallows and Amazons Forever!!!" shouts Titty.

:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) Jenna


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