Slowly Hook let his head emerge from his ruff , and listened so intently that he could have caught the echo of the tick . There was not a sound , and he drew himself up firmly to his full height . ` Then here 's to Johnny Plank , ' he cried brazenly , hating the boys more than ever because they had seen him unbend . He broke into the villainous ditty : ` Yo ho , yo ho , the frisky plank , You walks along it so , Till it goes down and you goes down To Davy Jones below ! ' To terrorise the prisoners the more , though with a certain loss of dignity , he danced along an imaginary plank , grimacing at them as he sang ; and when he finished he cried , ` Do you want a touch of the cat before you walk the plank ? ' At that they fell on their knees . ` No , no , ' they cried so piteously that every pirate smiled . ` Fetch the cat , Jukes , ' said Hook ; ` it 's in the cabin . ' The cabin ! 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 .
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