Ghastly McNastys: The Lost Treasure of Little Snoring
WANTED LOST GOLD SANDAL DEAD Or ALIVE high heel Left foot High heel The Crayfish Twin terrors wanted for million squid robbery of lobster bouillion FOR SALE Selling cold milkless tea as whisky and stealing babies Shoe laces rattles BIG REWARD Shoe polish Very nice left HELP Shoe nearly new Lost House Please apply if found to The Old Woman who lives in a Sock
Chapter 1 Grisly Captain Gruesome McNasty and his twin brother Captain Grisly McNasty were standing on the deck of their ship The Rotten Apple They had just thrown their rusty old anchor over the side of the ship which had screeched to a halt leaving a terrible trail of skid marks in the sea Sweaty socks What a wickedly wonderful day for gruesomeness declared Captain Gruesome gleefully scratching his mustache which was home to 761 nits 77 fleas and a ferret Squeaky underpants What a dastardly delightful day for ghastliness agreed his brother
Fleas pieces Nits Spurs for tormenting sea horses Captain Gruesome got out his telescope stroked his mustache thoughtfully and considered the treacherous rocks that jutted out from the sandbanks and formed a semicircle not far from the harbor mouth of the small village on the island shore The village was called Little Snoring on Sea The rocks which rose from the sea like vicious teeth were known locally as the Jaws Interesting he mused and very useful If a ship hit those rocks it wouldn't stand a chance It would be smashed to
He looked delighted at the prospect And if another ship was waiting nearby it could go to the rescue of all the passengers and crew squawked Pegleg Polly the parrot Idiot bird snarled Captain Gruesome swiping his fist in Polly's direction and missing The waiting ship could snaffle any treasure that happened to be on board and leave the passengers and crew to their grisly fate on the sandbanks as the tide rises Nasty boys squawked Pegleg Polly flapping her wings and lifting off her perch just in time to avoid Captain Gruesome's again fist
