Pirates there certainly were. 
There are as many pirates in the bird land 
of the sea as there ever were, and very dan¬ 
gerous, fierce fellows they are, too! Their 
wings are their sails, their bosoms are their 
boats, and they still sail the broad, blue sea. 
Pirates there certainly were, too, in Baby 
Laughing Loon’s world at that very moment. 
While all the Puffin folk were flying and 
swimming away to hide in their homes under 
the rocks the poor child was looking up in 
terror at two fierce pirates soaring overhead. 
How she wished her mother would come! 
But mother didn’t, so all the child could do 
was to scurry off on the waves as fast as 
