It was a hot day. We waited for a long time and then the pirates
started shooting again. Suddenly some of the pirates ran out of the
trees up to the house.
‘Get them!’ said the captain. We all fought hard. We killed
three of the pirates and the others ran away. But when we got
back inside the house we found that Joyce was dead. Hunter and
the captain were hurt, too.
‘Five pirates are dead,’ said the doctor.
‘Good,’ said the captain. ‘Now they have nine men and we have
five.’
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