Carl and Susan looked. They counted ten pirate ships.
‘See? We have ten ships,’ Frank pointed out.
Susan didn’t understand what Frank meant. ‘Yes, we have ten ships. So?’
Frank just looked at her.
‘Oh, I see,’ she said. ‘We have ten ships
but the English have more,
right?’
‘Yes.’
‘How many more?’
‘They have thirty.
‘Thirty?’ shouted Carl. ‘And we have ten? You’re all crazy!’
‘That’s why I want to stop this. You have to steal the watch. We can’t win
this battle. But el Kraken won’t
give up
. Not to the English. Not to anyone.’
‘OK. So what can we do?’ asked Carl.
‘We steal the watch.’ Susan jumped in. She looked at Carl. ‘Like I said, I
have an idea.
Susan explained the plan. ‘You’re a watchmaker, right?’
‘Yes,’ answered Carl.
‘Tell Eric that you can win the battle. But you need his watch to do it.’
‘And how do I do that?’
‘Tell him you know how it works. Say you
can stop the English ships
with its powers.’
‘And then?’
‘Run!’
‘That’s a really bad plan,’ said Carl.
‘But it’s the only one we have,’ replied Susan.
Carl agreed. They had no choice.
Carl walked over to Eric. Time was running out.
The captain was telling
his men what to do.
Eric saw Carl. ‘What do you want? You know a way to win?’
‘Umm, yes … Yes, I do. Come here. I’ll tell you.’
The stout pirate and Carl walked away from the others. Frank and Susan
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