The sun was shining brightly on the blue water of the Atlantic
Ocean. A beautiful big ship with large, white sails and the
English flag was sailing towards the Bermuda Triangle. The
ship's name was the Queen Anne, and it was going to the
Bermuda Triangle to trade gold. The captain of the ship was
in his cabin, writing in his log-book.
Swul.rl)! 1Oth of Decem.be1· 1 712
It is the seventeenth day of our voyage and still no island
in sight. The men m·e beginning to complain, and I am afraid
they are going to create pmblems.
A knock at the door stopped the captain from writing.
"Enter."
"Captain, a strange ship is sailing towards us. It has no flag
so we don't know where it comes from. They need you on the
bridge."
''I'll be up in a moment."
The crewman closed the door and the captain wrote one
more sentence in the log-book.
Om· luck may have just changed.
The strange ship was half a mile from the Queen An ne. It
looked old and abandoned. The captain brought his telescope
up to his eye.
"Sail close to it and we'll see if anyone is on board."
One of the crewmen flashed a light three times quickly,
waited one second, then flashed it two more times. There was
no answer.
"Open the cannons and sail next to it."
The strange ship moved slowly through the water; there
seemed to be no one on board. The sails had holes in them,
and there was broken wood all over its deck. The captain called
over to it.
"I am Captain Scott, serving Her Majesty the Queen. If
anyone is aboard, state your name and who you serve."
There was no answer.
"Lower the boats! We're going aboard!"
Captain Scott and twelve of his men rowed two small boats
from the Queen Anne to the empty ship. A rope ladder was
hanging down from the ship's side. The captain and his men
used it to climb on board.
There was no one on board. The captain and his men looked
around the ship, but they found nothing. There was no one
at the wheel, but the ship somehow continued sailing.
''I've never seen anything like it, Captain."
"Neither have I, and I don't like it. Let's follow it and see
where it goes."
'n1ey were ready to leave, when one ofthe men saw a chest,
at the side ofthe ship, under some old fishing nets. They took
oiT the nets and broke the old, black lock. Inside, they saw
beautiful shining diamonds, pearls and gold. The men were
stunned into silence. The captain looked at one of the gold
coins. lt had the picture of King Edward Vl on it.
"This coin is over one hundred years old. lt is not even in
use anymore.""What should we do with it, Captain?"
"I don't see why we should leave it here when there is no
one on board. Close it and we'll take it with us."
When all the men were looking at the treasure, something
like a black shadow came to the top of the stairs going down
to the cabins below. lt stayed back in the darkness of the stairs
until the men moved the chest to their boats. No one could
see it, but the shadow was really a ghost that looked like a
pirate. He wore a long blue coat and had a shining silver sword
at its side. He had a red scarf around his head and a long thick
black beard. He followed the men to their boat and sat on top
of the chest. No one could see him, but it was Blackbeard, and
the treasure was his to watch.
Ocean. A beautiful big ship with large, white sails and the
English flag was sailing towards the Bermuda Triangle. The
ship's name was the Queen Anne, and it was going to the
Bermuda Triangle to trade gold. The captain of the ship was
in his cabin, writing in his log-book.
Swul.rl)! 1Oth of Decem.be1· 1 712
It is the seventeenth day of our voyage and still no island
in sight. The men m·e beginning to complain, and I am afraid
they are going to create pmblems.
A knock at the door stopped the captain from writing.
"Enter."
"Captain, a strange ship is sailing towards us. It has no flag
so we don't know where it comes from. They need you on the
bridge."
''I'll be up in a moment."
The crewman closed the door and the captain wrote one
more sentence in the log-book.
Om· luck may have just changed.
The strange ship was half a mile from the Queen An ne. It
looked old and abandoned. The captain brought his telescope
up to his eye.
"Sail close to it and we'll see if anyone is on board."
One of the crewmen flashed a light three times quickly,
waited one second, then flashed it two more times. There was
no answer.
"Open the cannons and sail next to it."
The strange ship moved slowly through the water; there
seemed to be no one on board. The sails had holes in them,
and there was broken wood all over its deck. The captain called
over to it.
"I am Captain Scott, serving Her Majesty the Queen. If
anyone is aboard, state your name and who you serve."
There was no answer.
"Lower the boats! We're going aboard!"
Captain Scott and twelve of his men rowed two small boats
from the Queen Anne to the empty ship. A rope ladder was
hanging down from the ship's side. The captain and his men
used it to climb on board.
There was no one on board. The captain and his men looked
around the ship, but they found nothing. There was no one
at the wheel, but the ship somehow continued sailing.
''I've never seen anything like it, Captain."
"Neither have I, and I don't like it. Let's follow it and see
where it goes."
'n1ey were ready to leave, when one ofthe men saw a chest,
at the side ofthe ship, under some old fishing nets. They took
oiT the nets and broke the old, black lock. Inside, they saw
beautiful shining diamonds, pearls and gold. The men were
stunned into silence. The captain looked at one of the gold
coins. lt had the picture of King Edward Vl on it.
"This coin is over one hundred years old. lt is not even in
use anymore.""What should we do with it, Captain?"
"I don't see why we should leave it here when there is no
one on board. Close it and we'll take it with us."
When all the men were looking at the treasure, something
like a black shadow came to the top of the stairs going down
to the cabins below. lt stayed back in the darkness of the stairs
until the men moved the chest to their boats. No one could
see it, but the shadow was really a ghost that looked like a
pirate. He wore a long blue coat and had a shining silver sword
at its side. He had a red scarf around his head and a long thick
black beard. He followed the men to their boat and sat on top
of the chest. No one could see him, but it was Blackbeard, and
the treasure was his to watch.
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