The Todd Hicks Collection of Short Stories and Poems

By Todd Hicks

This is a collection of short stories and poems written by Todd Hicks. You will read stories about a pirate raid, bears raiding a city, a fox outwitting a hunter, snakes hijacking an airplane and a cat chasing a mouse. A western is included too.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookRix
• Release date: Oct 18, 2018
• ISBN: 9783739643830

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The Todd Hicks Collection of Short Stories and Poems

By Todd Hicks

Copyright by Todd Hicks in March 2016

About The Book

This is a collection of short stories and poems written by Todd Hicks. You will read stories about a pirate raid, bears raiding a city, a fox outwitting a hunter, snakes hijacking an airplane and a cat chasing a mouse. A western is included too.

Raided by Pirates

She was among the scarred. She was disfigured; still, she had a lot of pull and her patience just ran out while sailing on the Atlantic Ocean to West Palm Beach, Florida.

Irate at Flint for not swabbing the deck with her and everyone else aboard, Lieutenant Kellie Skully (who wore a pirate cap showcasing a skull, and was cursed to bear a left eye patch and a metal hook for her right hand) told the lazy pirate, Flint, I’ve had it with you. I warned you that if you did not start pulling your weight, you would suffer the consequences. You’re going to walk the plank.

Skully then looked toward the insubordinate pirate’s fellow crew members and said, Boys, take him to the plank and make him jump overboard. 

Obeying her command, they made the freeloader walk the plank and jump overboard as they had their cutlasses drawn toward his back. After plunging into the water, he began swimming. Who knows how far he will make it? The pirates aboard the ship laughed ar har. 

This calls for a celebrrration, roared Captain Rocco Crispy, the swarthy, heavily bearded leader who wore a regular large black pirate cap and had a wooden stump for his left leg. 

He and everyone on the ship feasted on hot dogs, hamburgers, steak, shrimp, lobster and other foods before playing various card games. Soon they started approaching shore.

This prompted one of the leaders to beckon, Ahoy, mates. We are arrriving at West Palm Beach, Florida. Let’s plunderrr some goods.

The pirates soon bought a movers truck, then walked into an