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It is the night before Christmas, and all the pirates on Captain John's boat - including the goat - are excited. When most of the pirates have fallen asleep, Captain John and his cat see Father Christmas in action and wonder at the eight little reindeer that land on the pirate ship's deck.

In 1964, NASA trained four young chimpanzees to survive in a hostile environment and sent them to the planet Mars. Their mission was to create an ecosystem for themselves underground and to create a colony of future chimps. The mission failed! The spacecraft disappeared off the radar as soon as it entered the exosphere, 6750 miles above the Earth. NASA had no idea what happened to the ship or its four occupants. It was a devastating time for NASA.

Ben and his friends are flying home when their airplane crashes on a remote island. Guided by the captain, the passengers try to stay alive and safe until rescue arrives. But Ben feels strange things happening. Soon, he meets a boy named Noke who saves Ben from drowning and from a swarm of killer bees. Then, 26 days into their ordeal, Ben meets Goldevere, a prisoner of the dragon, Black Knight. Goldevere tells Ben that he has the gift that can help both their people and that he needs to find his wife Silver for help. They must work quickly to save the world from the angry black dragon.

Most pirates have a parrot on their shoulder. Have you ever wondered how they find them? In this story, Captain John, a bad, mean old pirate, tries to plunder a very nice, posh ship. But the posh ship’s parrot takes a fancy to a watch on a long gold chain and takes some coaxing from Captain John to give it up.

Sally hated her glasses. One day she threw them and they became lost. She searched everywhere for them and couldn't find them, and so she became convinced the fairies had stolen them. See how Sally's large ginger cat brings them back.