The Find

              "Hey mom, what's that?" Pandora, an eight year old girl, asked her mom as they were walking along the sea-glass beach in California one day.
         "Ooh, maybe you found some sea-glass! Go pick it up, Pandora, I can't tell where you're pointing."
         So Pandora bent down and picked up the round white objects the size of an oval penny.
         "Wow, they are so pretty! Maybe we could start a little collection, and put them in little jars to decorate our house! Pandora, while I put down the blanket and get our lunch ready, why don't you search for more sea-glass...put it in this baggy," Pandora's mom said as she pulled a sandwich out of a plastic bag and handed it to her daughter.
        Pandora happily ran off in search of the beautiful little pieces of sea-glass. Little did they know that the white sea-glass they had found wasn't even sea-glass at all, it was nail clippings that belonged to a very ancient pirate by the name of Captain Salt-Water.

          Fifty years before

     "Arr! Where be Milk-Maker with me chocolate milk?" roared the pirate, Captain Salt-Water. It had been almost four months since the crew had seen land, and everybody was a little bit cranky.
         "He be on break, cap'in," growled Nail-Trimmer.
         "Righ'...well since yer here, you can cut me toenails," said Captain Salt-Water as he took off his shoes. Nail-Trimmer gagged when he looked at the captain's toes. He had seen a lot of disgusting things before, how could he not when he was a pirate? Those toes though...
        After half an hour, Captain Salt-Water's toenails were finally cut, and Nail-Trimmer's face was as green as a lime.
         "Arr! Me toes can breath again. Scrap-Sweeper, throw them nails into the ocean," cried the captain.
         "Aye-Aye, cap'in!" replied the pirate.

        The pirate crew continued pirating for another year before they were caught in a storm and were never seen again, which was a relief to all the people they had been stealing from.