The Verminkeel had been on the sea off nearly a season and the chill in the air said it was November. Only the steersrat was above deck. Even below it was still freezing. All of the crewbeasts were wrapped in every bit of cloth they could manage to find. The door opened and the captain and his bosum came in. The captain knew that bad conditions led to mutiny so he had to keep the crew happy. "Griphook just told me that it's only a few days till we turn west toward the warmer waters and Sampetra," the captain told everyone. "The good old tropics and the taverns full of grog, just keep thinking of that maties," he said as he left. "Great an entire week more stuck on this old tub," said a ferret called Rotear. The Verminkeel continued sailing on through the bitter cold. About a week later the Verminkeel turned west to Sampetra and the waters became warmer. The crew was now up and milling about on the deck. One day I was leaning on the deck rail when sudenly I saw a small dot on the horizon. "SSSSSSSAAAAAAMMMMMPPPPEEEETTTTTRRRRRRRAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!" I roared. The crew immediately ran to the rail and started yelling and pointing at the dot which was definetly Sampetra. Two hours later the dot had turned into the huge island and you could now see the jetty sticking out into the sea.We sailed right up to the jetty and started securing the ship. The crew didn't walt for the ship's gangway to come down they just leaped from the ship to the jetty. Ublaz and the captain met to discuss tribute which we had lots of in the hold.Most of the crew instantly tore off toward the taverns to get some grog. I felt like some grog too and ran after them. As I entered the tavern I saw the usual seen that I saw when I entered last Summer. I stepped over an unconcious rat and had to walk around two weasels that were brawling in the middle of the room. I grabbed a bottle of grog and sat down with some of my old maties."So where have you been Redwake?" asked Sirca a female ferret that I had sailed with before. "The captain went chasing after this old shrew boat and we were after that for a month or so," I told him."Did ya get it," Asked Grakkel a weasel. "Yep, got them when they were sleeping and we got some good plunder," I said. "Can't be nothing compared to what we got," said Sirca. 'Oh yeah, what did you get that was so good?" I asked. "Well we're sailin off Mossflower when we saw a big camp right in plain view on the shore," Sirca said."They were either real brave or extremely stupid," I laughed." We anchored the ship down the shore aways down the shore and attacked the camp," Sirca went on. "It was just a bunch of dumb ole mice but they had a lot of plunder I'll tell you," She said. "Their wasn't even a proper warrior among all of them, we killed most of them and feed the rest to the fishes," she laughed. We had some good fun with them alright! "I wish the shrews were like that but they have those dumb little swords and they put up a hell of a fight," I said. The brawl between the two weasels had ended brutaly with one of them getting run through with a broken grog bottle. All the searats and corsairs had a big party all night with all the grog,fights, and fights you could stand. I was home.