Talking a bit of pirate and cowboy in this picture book
Raise your hand if you speak pirate? Ok. Now raise your hand if you speak cowboy? Ok. If any of ya yellow-bellied varmints out there known anything ya best be knowing how to speak both them languages if ye be wantin’ to readin’ this yer’ book. I’d be having this here a hard time gettin’ the twang down but it was sure a fun story to read.
Wow, Burnt Beard and his scurvy crew “ pillaged “ (yes that is the word) the villages and got more treasure than they could bury in their typical spot so they went into Old Cheyenne. Old Cheyenne is Black Bob McKraw territory (“he’s nastier than two-week old chili and twice as gassy”) and Burnt Beard and Black Bob begin a pirate-cowboy showdown. They start off with words and since they are from different backgrounds (pirates and cowboys) they don’t understand the language each other is using. Things get heated and next thing you know, out comes the weapons. Tada!! Pegleg Highnoon to the rescue! He talks both pirate and cowboy and when he takes a whiff of them critters, he tells them “something they both could understand.” Good picture book about talking about the differences in people and compromises. I think the some of the words in the book are difficult for younger children to really know so be ready to explain (pillaged, mayhem, posse, cutlasses, etc.) The critters were cute and once you get the language down, you hearties will be findin’ you be talkin’ like pirates or cowboys for hours.
