Peter Pan (30)

(14) Hook Or Me, This Time

The crocodile's clock had run down at last and Peter was imitating it.

He signed to the boys not to give him away, and slipped aboard, to hide in the captain's cabin.

The tickling had stopped, so Hook was brave again.

He lined up the boys for a flogging and sent Jukes to his cabin to fetch the cat-o'-nine-tail.

Jukes entered the dark room.

There was a terrible scream, followed by a bloodcurdling crow.

Jukes had been killed by Peter.

Two more pirates followed, to suffer the same fate more pirates followed, to suffer the same fate.

" Will no one fetch out this cursed doodle-doo ? " grated Hook.

By this time the crew had lost their nerve.
No one else would venture.

So Hook sent in the eight boys.
" Let them kill each other ! " he said, cruelly.

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