Bluecrest the hen loves pecking and scratching about in the ground for bugs to eat. She also loves pirate stories: she takes them off to her favourite nook to read there. She reads so much that she forgets to lay eggs, thinking she is a ‘Long John Silver Hen’. The other hens in the chicken run watch her with a mixture of disbelief and envy. And the farmer… I don’t have to tell you. But I will tell you that you don’t need to put on a pirate’s patch to read this story. Just turn the pages, one by one, and enjoy them the way you enjoy reading. Thank you very much shipmate, or should I say young cabin boy or girl.