Arrrrr...Land Ahoy! Pirate facts

Today I have written some interesting facts about pirates. I hope you enjoy them!

• A pirate is a robber on sea. Pirates attack ships and ports stealing treasure and other goods. 

• The Greek islands were home to some of the earliest known pirates because there were many cargo ships trading along the Mediterranean coast.

• The Roman leader Pompei sent a huge fleet to wipe out the pirates of the Mediterranean.

• When a pirate captain decided to attack, he raised a special flag. 

• All pirates dreamed of gold and silver. Some were lucky enough to capture ships packed with them. 

• Pirates often hid their treasure by burying it in a remote spot. Then they could dig it up later.

• Violent storms and shipwrecks were a pirate's biggest nightmare

• Some pirate captains had strict rules such as no fighting on-board and keeping candles burning after 8 o'clock in the night. Pirates who did not obey their captain were marooned. Marooning means when a pirate or person was left alone on a deserted island.

• Edward Teach was the most terrifying pirate on the high seas and was better known as Blackbeard

• Pirates are not a thing of the past. There are still plenty of pirates operating on the seas today. 

My trip to the cinema

Yesterday I went to the cinema to watch a movie called Marvel Avengers: Age of Ultron and the movie was very long. The movie was two hours and twenty one minutes. The characters in the movie are Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Vision, Nicky Fury, Thor and Ultron.  My favourite of them all was Vision because I love the look of him and the crystal on his forehead looks valuable. My favourite part was when they were defeating Ultron. 

Did you know that Hulk abandoned the movie, that means he may never appear in Marvel movies in the future. 

When we were buying the tickets Dad also bought me a kid's meal and it had popcorn, Sprite and an Oreo and it was delicious.