Peter was in the cabin ! The children gazed at each other . `` Ay , ay , '' said Jukes blithely , and he strode into the cabin . They followed him with their eyes ; they scarce knew that Hook had resumed his song , his dogs joining in with him : `` Yo ho , yo ho , the scratching cat , Its tails are nine , you know , And when they 're writ upon your back -- '' What was the last line will never be known , for of a sudden the song was stayed by a dreadful screech from the cabin . It wailed through the ship , and died away . Then was heard a crowing sound which was well understood by the boys , but to the pirates was almost more eerie than the screech . `` What was that ? '' cried Hook . `` Two , '' said Slightly solemnly . The Italian Cecco hesitated for a moment and then swung into the cabin . He tottered out , haggard . `` What 's the matter with Bill Jukes , you dog ? '' hissed Hook , towering over him . `` The matter wi ' him is he 's dead , stabbed , '' replied Cecco in a hollow voice . `` Bill Jukes dead ! '' cried the startled pirates . `` The cabin 's as black as a pit , '' Cecco said , almost gibbering , `` but there is something terrible in there : the thing you heard crowing . '' The exultation of the boys , the lowering looks of the pirates , both were seen by Hook . `` Cecco , '' he said in his most steely voice , `` go back and fetch me out that doodle-doo . '' Cecco , bravest of the brave , cowered before his captain , crying `` No , no '' ; but Hook was purring to his claw .
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