At one morning the tabletop gang was making their plans for the day, except mummy giraffe who was still having breakfast. Baby Penguin said to his Cousin Penguin "Let's go to the library, you need some education".
Then Dwarf said "I'm going to a meeting of pacifist dwarfs with my weapons, to show examples of horrible tools for fighting".
Then Otter said "does anyone want to join me? I'm off to the old lighthouse to have a close look at it". Pig and Hyena said "we're coming with you, who knows what we will find there". And off they went.
When they got closer Otter said "i wonder how old it is, maybe ten years".
Pig, who was a bit older then the other two said "i think it is fifty years old".
"It still has a light on the top" said Hyena.
Pig said "they must have put a fake light in, this lighthouse is no longer in use".
Looking through the gate Pig said "There's only dust and some barrels".
Then Hyena cried "look, there are some bones behind the barrels!"
Otter said "but we can't get in so no bones for you today".
Then they went up the lighthouse while Hyena was muttering that it was a shame to leave those bones lying there .
While they were on top and admired the view, they heard a voice say: "Who was it that woke me up?"
The three wondered who had said that and went back down again, and at the closed gate they saw a skeleton standing behind it.
Pig said "I guess we have woken you, but who are you?"
The skeleton said "They call me Captain".
Hyena said, "are there some more bones in there?"
Otter said "But why are you in there?"
Captain said "i was the captain of a pirate ship and we were the most succesfull pirates ever. But some day my enemies caught me by surprise and took me here and locked me up and i have been here ever since".
"So how long have you been in there?" Otter asked.
Captain said "I'm not sure, i lost count of the years. What year is it now?"
"It is the year 2016" Pig said.
"Then i have been here for 366 years!" said Captain. "Can you help me out of here?"
"I don't think we can but maybe Dwarf can do something to that old padlock".
"We will get him and be right back, we will help you out of there!" said Pig, and off they went.
When they came back Dwarf looked at the old padlock and said "that is a fine old padlock, but not made by dwarfs. I think i can break it.
Stand back everyone, then i can hit the padlock with my axe".
With one hard strike Dwarf broke the padlock off.
When the padlock broke the captain pushed the gate open and walked out and said "arrr finally i can stretch me old bones in the open again!" Hyena hurried in to see whether there were more bones in there.
Captain said "Thank you all for getting me out of this dungeon". "We're glad to be of help" said Dwarf, "even if it's helping a pirate". "Me thinks me pirate days be over" said Captain.
"I wonder where me mates are, perhaps they gave up searching for me and went home". I guess i will be going home as well, but without a ship it will be hard to get there".
Otter said "Perhaps we can help you getting home again too, let's ask Grandpa, he'll know how to get you home".
Off they went to where the rest of the gang was.
Part two tomorrow.
