Topic: Why did the Pirates bother making prisoners or enemies "walk the plank" instead of just chucking them overboard?
Once upon a time there was a group of pirates who were circumnavigating the world to find treasures. On the ship there was a captain who was known as Whitebeard. Whitebeard was known to be a ruthless man who plundered other ships resources, but something no one could deny was that he had good seamanship skills. He thought himself to be a very judicious fellow, he thought he always knew what was best for his people. That was until one day his cartographer Larry betrayed him. Larry had been giving other captains the maps leading to the treasures. Larry said, "they were offering me a bigger piece of the treasure, I could not say no." Captain Whitebeard was beyond angry he could not even explain what he was feeling at the moment. That says a lot because Captain Whitebeard seldomly ever got mad, and everyone knew when he got mad you had to run. That is when it happened. Captain Whitebeard ripped a plank of wood off one of the benches in the ship. He attached it right at the side of the ship and look at Larry straight in the eyes and said "jump". Everyone looked at Captain Whitebeard like he was crazy but no one dared to say anything. Larry saw he had no other choice so he approached the plank slowey and casualty. Then when he got to the edge of the plank about to fall to his doom he looked at Captain Whitebeard hoping he would change his mind, but captain showed no signs of mercey. Larry jumped off and everyone stayed frozen on the ground. Everyone was afraid, Captain then said "everyone go back to your duties". Hereafter the plank was used to punish a traitor or an enemie.
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