The River Rats' Quest for Blackbeard's Treasure

As we sat around the campfire, I couldn't help but notice that my companion, Ron, seemed to be staring at something peculiar. "You know, Ron," he said, his voice low and mysterious, "I've been thinking about our journey so far." He paused, collecting his thoughts before continuing. "We've been searching for hours, trudging through these dense woods, and I'm starting to feel like we're getting nowhere fast."

Ron's words echoed my own sentiments, and we both let out a collective sigh of frustration. We had been on this quest for what felt like an eternity, and the thrill of discovery was beginning to wear off. Our leader, Mr. Valet, seemed oblivious to our concerns, however, and pressed on with his plan to find Blackbeard's treasure. "We'll keep searching," he said, his eyes shining with determination. "Tomorrow will bring us closer to our goal."

As we continued on our journey, Ron pulled out a small chest that had been found in the pit of the Pirates' Hideout. It was a small, unassuming thing, but it held secrets and stories within its weathered wooden slats. Mr. Valet's eyes widened as he examined the chest, his fingers tracing the intricate carvings on the lid. "This is a family heirloom," he said, his voice filled with awe. "It belonged to my grandfather, Michael Val. He was a pirate, you see."

Ron's eyes lit up with curiosity, and he asked Mr. Valet more about his grandfather's past. As they spoke, it became clear that Michael Val had been a man of mystery, one who had fallen in with the wrong crowd as a young man. Despite his questionable associations, however, he had managed to amass a surprising amount of wealth and possessions. One of these items was the very knife Ron now held in his hand.

The knife was an impressive thing, its blade etched with strange symbols and markings that seemed to shimmer in the firelight. Mr. Valet's eyes clouded over as he gazed at the knife, a mix of sadness and nostalgia on his face. "I remember my grandfather telling me stories about this," he said, his voice barely above a whisper. "He said it was a gift from one of his... associates." The air was thick with unspoken meaning, but Mr. Valet pressed on.

As we continued to explore the woods, Ron pulled out two stones that had been unearthed from the earth. They were rough and weathered, with no markings or symbols to indicate what they might have meant. But as Ron held one of them aloft, a look of excitement crossed his face. "I think this is it," he said, his voice full of conviction. "This must be the right spot."

Without hesitation, Mr. Valet nodded in agreement, and together we set to work digging up the earth around the stones. The sun beat down on us, relentless in its intensity, but our spirits remained high. We were closing in on our goal, and nothing was going to stop us now.

As the hours passed, the atmosphere grew more tense. The air was thick with anticipation, and it seemed as though we were all holding our breath in unison. And then, just as suddenly as it had begun, everything came to a halt. Ron stood up, his eyes fixed on something in the distance. "What is it?" Mr. Valet asked, his voice low and urgent.

Ron's face was set in a determined expression as he replied, "It's two graves, side by side." The words hung in the air like a challenge, and without hesitation, we set to work uncovering the secrets that lay beneath the earth. As the sun began to set, casting long shadows across the forest floor, our hearts pounded with excitement.

The two graves were old and weathered, their stone surfaces worn smooth by time and rain. But despite their age, they seemed to radiate an aura of mystery and intrigue. Mr. Valet's eyes narrowed as he examined the stones, his mind racing with possibilities. "Which one do you want to dig up first?" he asked, his voice barely above a whisper.

Ron hesitated, his brow furrowed in concentration. Finally, he made a decision, pointing to one of the graves with a shaking hand. "I think we should start here," he said, his voice firm. And with that, our journey came to an abrupt end. We had finally found what we were looking for – two graves, buried beneath the earth.

As we stood there, frozen in time, I couldn't help but wonder what lay ahead. Would we find the treasure? Or would we uncover something far more sinister? Only time would tell, but one thing was certain: our lives would never be the same again.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthat looks good how we going to mark it I know how to mark it no no don't worry I'll leave you a tombstone what treasure the treasure Blackbeard's treasure Blackbeard yeah the last that I talked to laugh yet he said he knew where Blackbeard's treasure was at coincidentally all of a sudden he disappears you were the last one to talk to him so I bet you know where the Treasure's at no I don't know where the Treasure's at what treasure are you even talking about you stink get off me I had a very nice milk Cup oh sweet and the the river R I told you that when when we met that first time and they the River Rats they take her and I think they cook and eat her either you can make the $10 happen or I will make the $10 happen all you ever cared about was the money anyways did you hear that voice you are absolutely right Black Beard I ain't dead yet Blackbeard's going to betray me I'm going to betray him looks like I'm staying on dry land that see gives me too much damn trouble Miss Justine have you missed me have a seat we have some catching up to do would you like some tea I think I'll pass this time what do you want Arthur so if you haven't noticed I've been gone I've been down in New Orleans for the last year and don't think I've forgotten about our situation my money what money you know the treasure you promised me over a year ago and don't think that he's forgotten about what you've done neither you want to come say hi buddy stiny that's enough that's a good boy all right Justine you hav until 24 hours this time tomorrow to come bring me my treasure or I'm to burn down this little pathetic place you call a home see you tomorrow Justine Justine dear Justine wake up what has happened why are you on the floor and why does it smell like a hot swamp in here I got attacked in my own home attacked smelly cat back let's get you up come on up you go come on woman use your legs your ain't broken you just smell real bad that's all have seat have a SE now tell me who has done this to you Arthur's back Smelly Cat what was said Ronald he said that if he comes back tomorrow at this time and we don't have the treasure that he's going to burn our beautiful little cabin to the ground and we'll be homeless and have to eat sticks and bark and bugs well what are we going to do we haven't found the treasure and it's been a whole year I don't know what we're going to do we're going to have to move to Canada I ain't going to Canada I don't want to go to Canada either what about the loot we got the little Bots we took from down in the well at their Hideout I know right where that's at I'll go get it I already to get some perfume too it smells real bad in here I found it let's count this oh what do happened to all of our coin you eat too much Arthur is not going to spare us with one coin keys to a Bots that don't exist and some old rusty knife you eat as much as five men well you keep buying squashes and squashes and more squashes and face creams need to buy some perfume Ron we have two options here on on the table either we flee to Canada in the middle of the night which obviously is not an option no or we have to give Arthur something that will make him happy and make him leave us alone and I don't know where the treasure is so it can't be a treasure does he like squashes no we're not giv him those H don't you have a gold tooth you promised me you had a gold tooth before you married me um yeah I do have no let me see prove it to me you have a gold tooth Ron please can I see I care maybe if we give him the gold tooth he'll be happy enough to leave us alone at least for a little bit and then we can flee somewhere give him a Peter stick a candle Peter stick or something we're not pulling my tooth out I refuse here drink thisal your it'll calm how am I going to cheat my meat I had to have all my my teeth I'm very fortunate to have all these pretty teeth you won't beat you in meat because you'll be dead now drink this what are you even going to pull it out with we ain't got no pliers hey what's going on here gold tooth gold tooth let me go now I couldn't find any pliers I don't know if we own any but I do have the you cannot use them I'm not a horse these sugar Nippers Justine get me out of these it'll only hurt for a few days and that's it I'm not going to kill you I'm only going to hurt you now come on open your mouth how much make it easier for me stop working I told you it ain't going to work what am I supposed to do get me all these ropes I'm not quite done with you yet what else am I supposed to use no absolutely not I didn't want to do this that's too big absolutely not oh would a smaller knife be better no get me out of these ropes getting some blastic ropes off of me I don't know what to do Ron this isn't enough he's not going to be happy where's this knife in here no no oh I could use this one no you can't getting out of hey it's carved with something yeah somebody scratched some markings in it I can't read it no it has valet isn't that isn't that our landlord Z's last name look M valet that's his name but I can't read that yeah why would there be a nice with our landlord's name on it at the bottom of a pirate hangout I don't know maybe we need to go and speak with him about this maybe he knows where the treasure is this whole time if it involves me getting on tied then yes please don't tie me thank you well if we leave now we can get there well it might be dark but you might just have to go there with the chair who taught you how to tie nuts then you go Mish Mish we're going to town we got to lock you up tonight you be good boy bye KY watch out for River Rats let's go see Mr Jeff I hope he's still awake it is quite late Mr Jeff what open up please we would like to speak with you do you know what time is what it's important this is about money I don't want to talk to you this is very important we really need to talk to you about the River Rats I see well then come in thank you so why why are you here such an hour and and why why do you look like this do you remember Arthur the river the river milk cow the one that he wants us to find Blackbeard's treasure again this is treasure insan we tomorrow we need this treasure tomorrow and I think that we finally found a clue that we can go off on when we went down in the pit of the Pirates Hideout we found a small chest that was not the treasure it had jewels in it it had some keys and it had a pocket knife that has your last name on it your last name your last name your last name valet that's your last name je that is true that that looks very familiar do you know who this person might be maybe they know where the treasur is at no I think the person uh who this belonged to I think he is no longer with us uh m m Michael Michel Val and and the way it is carved it reminds me of I've seen this before on thing that belong to my grandfather Michael oh that was your grandfather Michael valet and where did you find this uh a very bad smelly place I don't recommend going but that's your grandfather's knife that's my grandfather's name your grandfather so that means he must have been from around Blackbeard's time so this could be a significant clue to Finding the Treasure if your grandfather was possibly a pirate he was right he fell in with the wrong kind of fellows the fellows were not so so honest not so good and at one point you know he was very poor and then became suspiciously comfortable you know in fact when he became suddenly suspiciously well off one of the things he bought was this land for the lead mind and useless but um and that was all he left me was that land and the two graves upon it uh one of which was his I I did go back one time you know I went to see his grave and uh there was a stone and then there was another grave next to it that I don't know who that was you know he never married and maybe he had some special friend or something that or someone or maybe it's a treasure I tell you what I want you to to have this treasure if the treasure is there I want you to have it all I ask in return this is and I want revenge for what they did to my favorite to my favorite milk cow yes for that I want them to pay you will help me do that I will help you do that I and for what they have done to you I will get revenge for you and for my face and for everything very good but first before that I am going back to bed two graves he said right yes Ron two graves we've been looking for hours I know walking around through these Woods I feel like we're about to become bare food he didn't tell us what they look like or what color they are are they gray are they Brown are they red what kind of stone it's made of is it is it made of wood cuz that's long gone I know I'm getting worried about that for Ron this is pointless this is hundreds of Acres we've been at it all morning and all afternoon we're not going to find it I know it just it's like it's disappeared it's just not here anymore it's it's vanished we have to go to Canada we have to go to Canada as much as it pains me to say I think you're right I think it'd be wise if we we go go to Canada at least for a little while until the heat goes down I can't bear it oh let's pack our stuff and head out tonight oh Ron Ron what's that what is it come over here I see something is this is it's two stones out of the ground there's nothing written on them there's not is there no so which one's which why is there nothing written on them 50 years of rain you mean oh it got washed away well I don't know which one to to dig I don't know either but you know it's better than going to Canada so let's dig up which one do you want to do first that one looks more promising I'm getting a good feeling about it and feelings never guide me in the wrong way you found something already I think so well that wouldn't take long great job Ron no more Canada hopefully oh wo oh uh we might have dug the wrong one ah Mr valet nice to meet you I thought your intuition was always right well I've never gone and dug up a body before so I'm sorry I got it wrong so if this isn't it that one must be it oh I'm sure hoping Justine come here we found it look at it look at it hun help me get un buried we can get it back to the cabinthat looks good how we going to mark it I know how to mark it no no don't worry I'll leave you a tombstone what treasure the treasure Blackbeard's treasure Blackbeard yeah the last that I talked to laugh yet he said he knew where Blackbeard's treasure was at coincidentally all of a sudden he disappears you were the last one to talk to him so I bet you know where the Treasure's at no I don't know where the Treasure's at what treasure are you even talking about you stink get off me I had a very nice milk Cup oh sweet and the the river R I told you that when when we met that first time and they the River Rats they take her and I think they cook and eat her either you can make the $10 happen or I will make the $10 happen all you ever cared about was the money anyways did you hear that voice you are absolutely right Black Beard I ain't dead yet Blackbeard's going to betray me I'm going to betray him looks like I'm staying on dry land that see gives me too much damn trouble Miss Justine have you missed me have a seat we have some catching up to do would you like some tea I think I'll pass this time what do you want Arthur so if you haven't noticed I've been gone I've been down in New Orleans for the last year and don't think I've forgotten about our situation my money what money you know the treasure you promised me over a year ago and don't think that he's forgotten about what you've done neither you want to come say hi buddy stiny that's enough that's a good boy all right Justine you hav until 24 hours this time tomorrow to come bring me my treasure or I'm to burn down this little pathetic place you call a home see you tomorrow Justine Justine dear Justine wake up what has happened why are you on the floor and why does it smell like a hot swamp in here I got attacked in my own home attacked smelly cat back let's get you up come on up you go come on woman use your legs your ain't broken you just smell real bad that's all have seat have a SE now tell me who has done this to you Arthur's back Smelly Cat what was said Ronald he said that if he comes back tomorrow at this time and we don't have the treasure that he's going to burn our beautiful little cabin to the ground and we'll be homeless and have to eat sticks and bark and bugs well what are we going to do we haven't found the treasure and it's been a whole year I don't know what we're going to do we're going to have to move to Canada I ain't going to Canada I don't want to go to Canada either what about the loot we got the little Bots we took from down in the well at their Hideout I know right where that's at I'll go get it I already to get some perfume too it smells real bad in here I found it let's count this oh what do happened to all of our coin you eat too much Arthur is not going to spare us with one coin keys to a Bots that don't exist and some old rusty knife you eat as much as five men well you keep buying squashes and squashes and more squashes and face creams need to buy some perfume Ron we have two options here on on the table either we flee to Canada in the middle of the night which obviously is not an option no or we have to give Arthur something that will make him happy and make him leave us alone and I don't know where the treasure is so it can't be a treasure does he like squashes no we're not giv him those H don't you have a gold tooth you promised me you had a gold tooth before you married me um yeah I do have no let me see prove it to me you have a gold tooth Ron please can I see I care maybe if we give him the gold tooth he'll be happy enough to leave us alone at least for a little bit and then we can flee somewhere give him a Peter stick a candle Peter stick or something we're not pulling my tooth out I refuse here drink thisal your it'll calm how am I going to cheat my meat I had to have all my my teeth I'm very fortunate to have all these pretty teeth you won't beat you in meat because you'll be dead now drink this what are you even going to pull it out with we ain't got no pliers hey what's going on here gold tooth gold tooth let me go now I couldn't find any pliers I don't know if we own any but I do have the you cannot use them I'm not a horse these sugar Nippers Justine get me out of these it'll only hurt for a few days and that's it I'm not going to kill you I'm only going to hurt you now come on open your mouth how much make it easier for me stop working I told you it ain't going to work what am I supposed to do get me all these ropes I'm not quite done with you yet what else am I supposed to use no absolutely not I didn't want to do this that's too big absolutely not oh would a smaller knife be better no get me out of these ropes getting some blastic ropes off of me I don't know what to do Ron this isn't enough he's not going to be happy where's this knife in here no no oh I could use this one no you can't getting out of hey it's carved with something yeah somebody scratched some markings in it I can't read it no it has valet isn't that isn't that our landlord Z's last name look M valet that's his name but I can't read that yeah why would there be a nice with our landlord's name on it at the bottom of a pirate hangout I don't know maybe we need to go and speak with him about this maybe he knows where the treasure is this whole time if it involves me getting on tied then yes please don't tie me thank you well if we leave now we can get there well it might be dark but you might just have to go there with the chair who taught you how to tie nuts then you go Mish Mish we're going to town we got to lock you up tonight you be good boy bye KY watch out for River Rats let's go see Mr Jeff I hope he's still awake it is quite late Mr Jeff what open up please we would like to speak with you do you know what time is what it's important this is about money I don't want to talk to you this is very important we really need to talk to you about the River Rats I see well then come in thank you so why why are you here such an hour and and why why do you look like this do you remember Arthur the river the river milk cow the one that he wants us to find Blackbeard's treasure again this is treasure insan we tomorrow we need this treasure tomorrow and I think that we finally found a clue that we can go off on when we went down in the pit of the Pirates Hideout we found a small chest that was not the treasure it had jewels in it it had some keys and it had a pocket knife that has your last name on it your last name your last name your last name valet that's your last name je that is true that that looks very familiar do you know who this person might be maybe they know where the treasur is at no I think the person uh who this belonged to I think he is no longer with us uh m m Michael Michel Val and and the way it is carved it reminds me of I've seen this before on thing that belong to my grandfather Michael oh that was your grandfather Michael valet and where did you find this uh a very bad smelly place I don't recommend going but that's your grandfather's knife that's my grandfather's name your grandfather so that means he must have been from around Blackbeard's time so this could be a significant clue to Finding the Treasure if your grandfather was possibly a pirate he was right he fell in with the wrong kind of fellows the fellows were not so so honest not so good and at one point you know he was very poor and then became suspiciously comfortable you know in fact when he became suddenly suspiciously well off one of the things he bought was this land for the lead mind and useless but um and that was all he left me was that land and the two graves upon it uh one of which was his I I did go back one time you know I went to see his grave and uh there was a stone and then there was another grave next to it that I don't know who that was you know he never married and maybe he had some special friend or something that or someone or maybe it's a treasure I tell you what I want you to to have this treasure if the treasure is there I want you to have it all I ask in return this is and I want revenge for what they did to my favorite to my favorite milk cow yes for that I want them to pay you will help me do that I will help you do that I and for what they have done to you I will get revenge for you and for my face and for everything very good but first before that I am going back to bed two graves he said right yes Ron two graves we've been looking for hours I know walking around through these Woods I feel like we're about to become bare food he didn't tell us what they look like or what color they are are they gray are they Brown are they red what kind of stone it's made of is it is it made of wood cuz that's long gone I know I'm getting worried about that for Ron this is pointless this is hundreds of Acres we've been at it all morning and all afternoon we're not going to find it I know it just it's like it's disappeared it's just not here anymore it's it's vanished we have to go to Canada we have to go to Canada as much as it pains me to say I think you're right I think it'd be wise if we we go go to Canada at least for a little while until the heat goes down I can't bear it oh let's pack our stuff and head out tonight oh Ron Ron what's that what is it come over here I see something is this is it's two stones out of the ground there's nothing written on them there's not is there no so which one's which why is there nothing written on them 50 years of rain you mean oh it got washed away well I don't know which one to to dig I don't know either but you know it's better than going to Canada so let's dig up which one do you want to do first that one looks more promising I'm getting a good feeling about it and feelings never guide me in the wrong way you found something already I think so well that wouldn't take long great job Ron no more Canada hopefully oh wo oh uh we might have dug the wrong one ah Mr valet nice to meet you I thought your intuition was always right well I've never gone and dug up a body before so I'm sorry I got it wrong so if this isn't it that one must be it oh I'm sure hoping Justine come here we found it look at it look at it hun help me get un buried we can get it back to the cabin\n"