Treasure Chest
The one-legged pirates hobbled up on their crutches. Each of them had lost a leg, either from a shark bite or a cannonball or an infected sword wound. Their captain dusted the last bit of sand off the treasure chest and opened it the lid.
The pirates couldn’t believe their eyes. The chest was filled to the brim with peg legs! They cheered and cried.
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