Copperfox
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"Good morning, little Ahab; did you finish your mathematics homework?"
The twelve-year old handed over a modest sheaf of paper. "Mostly, Miss Poppins, except that I can't straighten out this long division."
"Show it to me........ Now, follow my quill-point. See, this number goes directly below this number."
The cinema has depicted Mary Poppins NOT aging from the Victorian era into the Edwardian era. But only I, Copperfox, have dug out secret records (amid chests of gold which turned out to be fake) which uncovered a much earlier birthdate. Early enough to make her a contemporary of the Pirates of the Caribbean.
In those days, Jamaica still was controlled by Britain; and since Britain had an abolitionist movement long before the United States did, Mary faced no harassment for her anti-slavery stand. Moreover, she exerted influence even on pirates, urging them to assume a privateering role for the Crown, rather than continue as buccaneers against all flags. Captain Rodney Falworth never lived up to the renown of Sir Francis Drake-- but he was a dutiful father to Ahab, his only child. The lad had acquired every conceivable nautical skill; and after his passing, the already-chosen guardian was there to provide onshore knowledge.
Mary Poppins already was known as a good witch. Jamaicans knew enough about her constructive influence that they left unsaid any questions about her protracted youthfulness. But her ward still bore the reputation of a buccaneer father. Accordingly, at Mary's tactful suggestion, Ahab Falworth quietly assumed a nickname appropriate for his talents.
Thus was born AHAB THE ATYPICAL .....who has no connection with Herman Melville's fictional whale hunter.
The twelve-year old handed over a modest sheaf of paper. "Mostly, Miss Poppins, except that I can't straighten out this long division."
"Show it to me........ Now, follow my quill-point. See, this number goes directly below this number."
The cinema has depicted Mary Poppins NOT aging from the Victorian era into the Edwardian era. But only I, Copperfox, have dug out secret records (amid chests of gold which turned out to be fake) which uncovered a much earlier birthdate. Early enough to make her a contemporary of the Pirates of the Caribbean.
In those days, Jamaica still was controlled by Britain; and since Britain had an abolitionist movement long before the United States did, Mary faced no harassment for her anti-slavery stand. Moreover, she exerted influence even on pirates, urging them to assume a privateering role for the Crown, rather than continue as buccaneers against all flags. Captain Rodney Falworth never lived up to the renown of Sir Francis Drake-- but he was a dutiful father to Ahab, his only child. The lad had acquired every conceivable nautical skill; and after his passing, the already-chosen guardian was there to provide onshore knowledge.
Mary Poppins already was known as a good witch. Jamaicans knew enough about her constructive influence that they left unsaid any questions about her protracted youthfulness. But her ward still bore the reputation of a buccaneer father. Accordingly, at Mary's tactful suggestion, Ahab Falworth quietly assumed a nickname appropriate for his talents.
Thus was born AHAB THE ATYPICAL .....who has no connection with Herman Melville's fictional whale hunter.