There was opportunity to make some money as a cabin boy. Anyhow, he shows you his wooden leg. And perched upon his shoulder was, yes, a parrot. Down the table, another calls to you, "hey come look at my woodpecker"
Sailor folk are filthy and I question what sort of parents would allow their kid anywhere near them
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Parents didn’t? Piracy wasn’t exactly a preferred or legal profession. You either had a disrespect for authority regardless of it being good or bad, trying to escape something from your home life, or it was thrusted upon you.