`` 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 terrorize 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 -LSB- o ' nine tails -RSB- 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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