# The Gorilla Pirate Ship 🦍 🏴☠️ 🚒 🌊 An episode of [Short Stories for Kids: Bedtime ~ Car Time ~ Downtime](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1557898989), 9 Sep 2026, 13 min. Audio: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/s.gum.fm/s-624f621807754001d038e4b6/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/75022156/the_gorilla_pirate_ship.mp3 Written by Simon Chadwick Come and follow more adventures on our animated TV show on Youtube! πŸ“ΊπŸ€© SUBSCRIBE HERE: youtube.com/@shortstoriesforkidspodcast If you would like a special birthday shout out, order one here! πŸŽ‚ https://www.shortstoriesforkidspodcast.com/ Looking for Ad Free Episodes? Just join our 🌟PREMIUM CHANNEL 🌟 Join up to our Premium channel through your Apple player or here at Supercast: https://shortstoriesforkids.supercast.com/ And become a Super Fan of Short Stories for Kids! Here you will receive a Friday Bonus Episode every week! Plus our entire back catalogue of stories ad free! Also Premium Only Shout Outs just for you guys! 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The pair sat down on [0:43] Speaker 1: a fallen tree trunk in an opening in the dense [0:46] Speaker 1: woods and got out their lunches. Stephen had his favorite, [0:51] Speaker 1: peanut butter and banana sandwiches. Joanna had her favorite, chicken salad. [0:58] Speaker 1: As they laughed and enjoyed their sandwiches, a sharp breeze [1:02] Speaker 1: began to blow. The branches on the trees waved this [1:05] Speaker 1: way and that, and their hair and clothes began to flap. [1:11] Speaker 1: What's going on? said Stephen. I don't know, cried Joanna. [1:17] Speaker 1: The odd atmosphere grew stronger and bursts of lightning appeared [1:22] Speaker 1: from nowhere at the center of the clearing. Suddenly, there [1:26] Speaker 1: was a huge crack of thunder, and Stephen and Joanna [1:30] Speaker 1: flew over the tree trunk they were sitting on backward. Ouch, [1:35] Speaker 1: they both exclaimed. They sat up and looked to where [1:39] Speaker 1: the thunder had cracked, and neither could believe what they [1:42] Speaker 1: were witnessing. A huge blue portal of light began to [1:47] Speaker 1: open up, and from it, the most amazing thing either [1:51] Speaker 1: had seen came from within it. A giant pirate ship. [1:56] Speaker 1: A ghostly-looking galleon like something from a history book pushed [2:00] Speaker 1: from the portal and hovered in the air as if [2:04] Speaker 1: it were floating on water. That's impossible, Stephen said. How [2:10] Speaker 1: can it just hover? Joanna added. Their eyes weren't deceiving them. [2:16] Speaker 1: It was really there. A ginormous wooden pirate ship with [2:21] Speaker 1: a mast and sails. It didn't make any sense. Then, [2:27] Speaker 1: on the deck near the mast, a pirate with an [2:30] Speaker 1: eye patch and a huge hat with a parrot on [2:33] Speaker 1: top looked down at Stephen and Joanna. Aye, said the pirate. [2:40] Speaker 1: I not looking to upset you young'uns. Please accept the [2:43] Speaker 1: apologies of Captain Jack Higgins, the most outlandish of the [2:48] Speaker 1: space pirates that has ever graced disguise. A space pirate, [2:55] Speaker 1: Stephen said with excitement. That be true, me lad. Me [3:00] Speaker 1: and my crew are pirates of both space and time, [3:04] Speaker 1: going where no man has gone before. Another one of [3:09] Speaker 1: Captain Jack Higgins' crew came up and whispered in the [3:13] Speaker 1: captain's ear. What do you mean I can't use where [3:17] Speaker 1: no man has gone before? The Captain Kirk gave it [3:21] Speaker 1: up years ago. Space and time? That's amazing, Joanna said. [3:29] Speaker 1: What are you here for? Some kind of secret mission [3:32] Speaker 1: that has you traveling all over the universe? Well, not quite, Missy, [3:38] Speaker 1: Captain Jack Higgins said. We kinda have a little problem [3:44] Speaker 1: we have to solve. Bring out the monkey, one of [3:48] Speaker 1: Captain Jack Higgins' crew cried from the back of the [3:51] Speaker 1: floating galleon. Aye, Captain Jack Higgins cried. Don't call her [3:58] Speaker 1: a monkey. Call her Kong, the most ferocious beast that [4:02] Speaker 1: has ever lived. A little rope ladder was thrown over [4:07] Speaker 1: the side of the ship and a gorilla started to [4:09] Speaker 1: climb down. Stephen and Joanna hugged each other tight. This [4:15] Speaker 1: had to be Kong, the most ferocious beast that had [4:18] Speaker 1: ever lived. But as the furry gorilla turned around... She [4:23] Speaker 1: had a pink bow in her hair and a dopey [4:26] Speaker 1: look on her face. She stood there and made monkey noises. [4:31] Speaker 1: Kong looked at Steven and Joanna and ran over to [4:35] Speaker 1: them and started rubbing their tummies and playing with their hair. [4:39] Speaker 1: Then she went to where they had dropped their lunches [4:42] Speaker 1: and began to eat Steven's peanut butter and banana sandwich. [4:47] Speaker 1: She's not ferocious, Joanna called to Captain Jack Higgins. She's adorable. [4:56] Speaker 1: Captain Jack Higgins moaned. Why do I bother? Why do [5:02] Speaker 1: you have a big friendly gorilla on your space galleon? [5:06] Speaker 1: Stephen called to Captain Jack Higgins. We picked her up [5:11] Speaker 1: many moons ago. Old Kong wanted to ride the seven [5:15] Speaker 1: solar systems with us in Among the Stars. Now the [5:19] Speaker 1: poor creature be bored of the pirate way of life, [5:22] Speaker 1: and every day we try and find her a place [5:25] Speaker 1: she can call home again. Kong finished the sandwich and [5:29] Speaker 1: grinned up at Captain Jack Higgins. So, what do you think, girl? [5:35] Speaker 1: Will this be your new home? Kong looked left and [5:40] Speaker 1: right around the woods, shook her head, then climbed back [5:44] Speaker 1: aboard the pirate ship. See? She can never find anywhere [5:49] Speaker 1: she wants to go home. Why do you bother? Why [5:53] Speaker 1: do you bother? Cried the parrot into Captain Jack Higgins' ear. Oh, [5:59] Speaker 1: that bird. I'll put you in a banana sandwich. Hey, [6:05] Speaker 1: Joanna shouted up to Captain Jack Higgins. Why don't we [6:09] Speaker 1: come aboard and try and help find somewhere that Kong [6:12] Speaker 1: would like to live? We can come up with some [6:15] Speaker 1: ideas where you could travel through time to and see [6:18] Speaker 1: if Kong likes them. Maybe we can go back to [6:21] Speaker 1: the past when everything was a jungle. Might be a [6:25] Speaker 1: good idea, Captain, one of the captain's crew said to him. [6:29] Speaker 1: You haven't had a good idea in years. Get back [6:34] Speaker 1: to the galley, you scurvy dog, Captain Jack Higgins cried. Okay, kids, [6:40] Speaker 1: climb aboard and put your thinking caps on. We're going [6:44] Speaker 1: back to the past. Joanna and Stephen climbed aboard, and [6:49] Speaker 1: Captain Jack Higgins showed them how the time-traveling pirate ship worked. [6:54] Speaker 1: There was a big glass dome that looked like an [6:57] Speaker 1: old-fashioned barometer near the ship's wheel. You turn the little [7:02] Speaker 1: arrow in her left to go back in time, then [7:06] Speaker 1: right to go forward, Captain Jack explained. Stephen pushed the [7:11] Speaker 1: littler arrow left and the pirate ship started to rumble [7:15] Speaker 1: and sparks and thunder exploded around them. We be off, [7:21] Speaker 1: Captain Jack Higgins cried. There was a big explosion of light, [7:27] Speaker 1: and suddenly the pirate ship was flying over a thick jungle. Aye, [7:33] Speaker 1: said Captain Jack Higgins. This looks like the perfect place [7:38] Speaker 1: for a creature like Kong. Kong looked over the side [7:43] Speaker 1: and started to jump excitedly. Looks like you picked a winner, lad, [7:48] Speaker 1: Captain Jack Higgins said. Then there was a huge crack [7:53] Speaker 1: of trees being destroyed and a giant T-Rex's head reached [7:57] Speaker 1: up and snapped at the pirate ship, just missing it. [8:02] Speaker 1: Shiver me timbers, it's a giant lizard, Captain Jack Higgins cried. [8:08] Speaker 1: trying to steer the ship up and away from the [8:11] Speaker 1: big beast. We can't leave Kong here. She'd become a [8:15] Speaker 1: banana sandwich. Joanna and Steven held on tight as Captain [8:20] Speaker 1: Jack Higgins pushed the little arrow forward and the pirate [8:24] Speaker 1: ship shot off into another portal filled with blue lightning. [8:29] Speaker 1: In a flash, they'd appeared somewhere else. The air was [8:33] Speaker 1: crisp and clear. and below them were buildings that were [8:37] Speaker 1: all a sterile white. Where be this strange land? asked [8:42] Speaker 1: Captain Jack Higgins. Stephen looked at the barometer and replied, Forty-fifty-six! [8:50] Speaker 1: We're in the future! And what, pray tell, does the [8:54] Speaker 1: future hold? Captain Jack Higgins said, looking below to the [8:59] Speaker 1: odd landscape. Kong looked over the side of the ship. [9:04] Speaker 1: not exactly impressed. This didn't look like any place for [9:08] Speaker 1: a gorilla. Out of nowhere, a shrieking siren went off. Intruders, intruders, intruders, [9:16] Speaker 1: please leave our airspace before we deploy our alien space fleet. Quack, [9:22] Speaker 1: cried Captain Jack Higgins Parrot. Aliens are coming, aliens are coming, quack. [9:29] Speaker 1: Then from the ground, big flying saucers started to rise [9:32] Speaker 1: into the air and began flying toward them, firing pink lasers. Ch-ch-ch-ch-choo! [9:40] Speaker 1: Beam me up, Scotty, Captain Jack Higgins bellowed. We're being [9:44] Speaker 1: attacked by alien invaders! Kong ducked down and began to [9:50] Speaker 1: cry in fear. Captain Jack Higgins spun the pirate ship [9:54] Speaker 1: around and ducked and dodged alien fire. We need to [10:00] Speaker 1: think of somewhere to take Kong, quickly. Stephen remembered what [10:05] Speaker 1: he'd been taught in school. Gorillas came from the rainforests [10:09] Speaker 1: in Africa. He quickly flipped and switched the controls of [10:14] Speaker 1: the barometer. There was another cracking flash of thunder and [10:18] Speaker 1: the pirate ship disappeared. All the alien saucers were gone. [10:25] Speaker 1: Where we be now? Captain Jack Higgins said. They all [10:30] Speaker 1: looked over the side of the pirate ship. Below was [10:33] Speaker 1: a huge forest that stretched for miles. There were no [10:38] Speaker 1: signs of dinosaurs and no sign of aliens. That was good. [10:44] Speaker 1: Captain Jack Higgins brought the pirate ship to the ground [10:47] Speaker 1: in a clearing, and Kong climbed down to explore. So, girl, [10:53] Speaker 1: what do you think? Captain Jack Higgins asked. Then, from [10:58] Speaker 1: the thick forest, a tribe of gorillas all walked out [11:02] Speaker 1: to greet Kong. Kong jumped up and down and gave [11:06] Speaker 1: all of the other gorillas a huge, hairy hug. She [11:11] Speaker 1: was home. Kong waved up to the crew of the [11:15] Speaker 1: pirate ship and bellowed a goodbye. The crew, Stephen and Joanna, [11:20] Speaker 1: all cheered. Kong had finally found a place she could [11:24] Speaker 1: call home. Well done, well done, cried the parrot. Captain [11:32] Speaker 1: Jack Higgins took Stephen and Joanna back to their own time, [11:36] Speaker 1: and for all their help finding Kong, gave them both [11:39] Speaker 1: a golden coin from his treasure chest. With those there coins, [11:44] Speaker 1: you can buy whatever your hearts desired. Hearts desired, hearts desired, [11:51] Speaker 1: cried the parrot. Ah, I don't suppose you want a [11:56] Speaker 1: free parrot to go along with it, do you? Moaned [11:59] Speaker 1: Captain Jack Higgins. Joanna and Stephen laughed and laughed. What [12:05] Speaker 1: a crazy way to end such a crazy day. The [12:08] Speaker 1: End Thank you. Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them.