raddidge and I were going to attend a hedgehog show but the closing time ended up being incompatible to our schedule. Instead we went out for dinner at China Village and watched Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Meh, it was cute but it wasn't my speed. I hope raddidge enjoyed herself because I did it for her.
I climbed atop the highest post, cut a rope with my scimitar and leapt like Tarzan out over the dark waters hooting and hollering that I was going to retire! Sadly there wasn't anything for me to land on and I ended up swinging back and forth in shorter arcs until I hung limply in the center of the confined ocean. Paddleboats full of people were passing me, ignoring my cries for help and asking me "I thought you were going to retire!?"
Eventually I was able to return to the ship, pumping my legs and swinging towards a shallow, carpeted area of the waters. After splashing down a few corridors, interrupting a few regal social events I arrived at the Queen's chambers. Eating her out sounded like a good thing so I went down and pretended I was a friendly labrador. The King entered and exclaimed, "You did it! Gosh, I never could do that but I don't have a five inch tongue!" He was butt-naked and was motioning me to folllow him. The wall opened up and he laughed, "A secret passage!" Inside it was dusty and full of cobwebs and followed a staircase heading down until I ran into some party-goers. The secret passage wasn't so secret after all. I never had the chance to yell "get dressed" up to the king but he never came downstairs.
The main deck of the ship had drastically changed from a traditional pirate ship to some sheet metal shantytown. One corner was packed with those metal sheds from Home Depot, lots of latin people were hawking chickens, chocolate and my oranges.
