“Why do you hunt pirates?”
“Is it full of adventure, your life?”
“What are they like? Do they all have eye patches!”
“Do you do it for their gold?”
“Tell us! Tell us!”
He chuckled deeply as the small children continued to hound him with questions about his chosen path. He didn’t have the heart to tell them that pirates were nothing like their fairy tale counterparts. They were a lot more dangerous and a lot more prone to killing than small children who didn’t know any better would ever believe.
- image: British Library from Roving Jack the Pirate Hunter, published 1867, a romance
Silly little thing that went a little darker at the end. This was inspired by the picture for the Friday prompt from Light and Shade Challenge and this time I kept within the word limit! (looks very pleased with herself)
Breathing In 
He child’s view and reality are often in conflict. Good one!
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They are, but sometimes we adults forget what a blessing that part of childhood can be. Once you’ve learned something, it is exceedingly difficult to unlearn it.
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Well done, it remained quite innocent until the end when as you say it became a bit dark, but still very nice. 🙂
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(*smiles back*) Thank you!
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I agree with joetwo. You capture the conflict between a child’s view and reality nicely.
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Thank you.
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Pirates are truly fascinating to children. Great job.
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They are fascinating. (*nods*)
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Plenty of light and shade in this.
Enjoyed
Ally 🙂
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(*grins back*)
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It’s not all Peter Pan and Hook. I liked the use of the children’s questions at the beginning, it was a creative device.
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Thank you!
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