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Polly Roger’s
Pirate Cove

A four-page pirate adventure about buried gold and a lighthouse that guides everyone home.

Read togetherAdventure4 pages
Begin the story
Polly Roger the parrot looks out from the ship's mast towards a dark lighthouse.
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From the mast, Polly Roger spots a lighthouse with a broken lamp. Without it, small boats cannot find the cove after dark.

Polly dreams of a mountain of crackers while Captain Beakon studies a treasure map.
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Captain Beakon’s treasure map promises gold beneath a crooked palm. Polly imagines a mountain of crackers all for herself.

Polly and Captain Beakon dig at the X on the rocky shore as the sun sets.
Page 3 of 4

They reach the rocky shore and uncover the X as the sun begins to sink. The dark lighthouse waits across the bay.

Polly holds up a gold coin beside the open chest as the repaired lighthouse shines.
Page 4 of 4

The chest is full of gold coins. Polly keeps one shiny coin for the ship and spends the rest repairing the light that guides everyone home.

The end · Great reading

What did Polly use most of the treasure to repair?

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The lighthouse.

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