` Would your mother like you to be a pirate , Twin ? ' ' I do n't think so , ' said the first twin , as clever as the others . ` Nibs , would -- ' ` Stow this gab , ' roared Hook , and the spokesmen were dragged back . ` You , boy , ' he said , addressing John , ` you look as if you had a little pluck in you . Didst never want to be a pirate , my hearty ? ' Now John had sometimes experienced this hankering at maths . prep. ; and he was struck by Hook 's picking him out . ' I once thought of calling myself Red-handed Jack , ' he said diffidently . ` And a good name too . We 'll call you that here , bully , if you join . ' ` What do you think , Michael ? ' asked John . ` What would you call me if I join ? ' Michael demanded . ` Blackbeard Joe . ' Michael was naturally impressed . ` What do you think , John ? ' He wanted John to decide , and John wanted him to decide . ` Shall we still be respectful subjects of the King ? ' John inquired .
Through Hook 's teeth came the answer : ` You would have to swear , `` Down with the XXXXX . '' '
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