"Now, once, long ago, there was a snake that somehow became a pirate. Just how he became a pirate no one was quite sure, and most of the time if someone asked him about it, he made them walk the plank..."This is a work of short, silly stories Vampire That Lives In Your BasementThe Snake PirateThe Magical Potato A Cautionary TaleThere are some big words in these stories, such as "the Franco-Prussian War of 1870". Your kids, and perhaps you, might learn a little as you explain some of the absurd references.