 All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the cruise of the Paul Parrot, that thrilling story of the sea and the adventurous days of whaling. If you'll remember, Johnny Robbins' sleep in Captain Dalton's cabin was awakened by the strange chopping sound in the hole that we've heard of so much before. Deciding to investigate, Johnny steals from the cabin to the deck, where he meets Sue Grange, who is also unable to sleep. They overhear Red Mulhooly, the brutal sailor whom Captain Dalton struck when he was bullying Johnny, talking to another seaman, and planning to revenge himself on the captain right away. They silently follow him down to the deck, back to the captain's cabin, intending to warn Captain Dalton before Red strikes. Meanwhile, Ezra Grange has also been awakened by the chopping sound, and he too has gone to the captain's cabin when he finds Sue missing from his cabin. There they all meet, and a terrific struggle ensues between Captain Dalton and Red Mulhooly. As today's adventure begins, we shall hear the outcome of the fight. It is now the next day, and Johnny and Sue are talking to the captain on the deck of the Paul Parrot. Last night? I was very lucky, Miss Sue. I'm more obliged than I can ever tell that you and Johnny tracked him down and tried to warn me. It's a good thing Mr. Grange was in your cabin, and you were awake. Highlighted is that, if the two of us hadn't been there, I'd have had a stiff squall battle in that hulk of a man. I could match him in a fair fight anytime, but it's different when you're caught unawares at night. But he had a knife. That made him all the more dangerous. Highlighted that he had. But he wasn't so dangerous after we sunk a few blows below his chin. But enough of this. It's over and we're all safe, and we all may be thankful for our good fortune. And the red-headed seaman is getting his just desserts too, you may later that. What became of him, Captain Dalton? He's been thrown in irons and sent below to the hold. He'll stay in the brig until our first port call, where we'll send him ashore to stay. That kind of a swab is not wanted on board the Paul Parrot. Gee, Captain Dalton, you know just about what to do in every case, don't you? Get along, lad. That's every skipper's duty, to know what to do at the proper time. Oh, Johnny, where did Dickon and his Paul Parrot go? Gee, Sue, I don't know. I wanted to tell him all about last night. I'll tell you where he is. He's below Dick. Tendon of that swab, Red Mulhooly. Somebody has to take his grub to him, and old Dickon was ordered. I wonder what he says when Dickon goes down there in that dark hole. I never would have picked this job of me own choosing. You can later that. But somebody's got to carry a grub. I stole that, Dickon. I ain't asking for sympathy. But if I'd done in, the Captain the whole story might have been different. But I didn't. So I gotta take me punishment. But strike my mission, I almost go mad, sitting in this black smelly hole all by myself. That's why I ask you to leave your Parrot down here this morning. I thought he'd be better company than nothing. Ah! Party lashes for the lover before the... I stole that gap. Blow me down. I thought you wanted to hear him talk. That's why I left the bird down here this morning. What would you pleadin' and beggin' me to? Thoughts was a guess me better judgment, and now you tell me to stow it. I wanted him here to talk to me and keep me company. But all these squawks is rubbish like, hang him from the farm-ass, lash him to the eye-eye. Party lashes for the lover. You think I want to hear that? Sounds like he's promising them to me. That's why he goes on at me. I'd rather have the dead silence around me and the stern of the rats in the hole. Take him above! Aye, and gladly. I was a fool to leave the bird down here all morning anyway. I can let nothin' good from you. Well, we won't be trouble with you much longer. You'll be dropped off at Rio, and you'll be lucky you don't pay with your life a mutiny. Meet those Isles you wear and teach a lesson. Come on, Paul Parrot. Come on, we're headin' above. I must see the youngins. They haven't tell me all about the fight last night. I ain't heard at all first-hand yet. Gee then, Captain Dalton, you could have that man read maybe hanged for mutiny, couldn't you? I could, but I want no man's blood on my head, even of a low shipworm like that. I'm puttin' him ashore at Rio. Well, Miss Sue and Johnny Ladd, I must get out. Get along with you. Gee, I like Captain Dalton. Me too. I never knew a man so strong as him before. Say, Sue, did you find out any more about that Matt Mr. Grange's gut with my father's name on it? No, I haven't. My brother never takes it out of his pocket any more. Oh, look, here comes Dickens. And Paul Parrot's on his shoulder. He ran into heavy scores last night down on the captain's cabin. Well, yes we did, but we didn't really see much. It all happened in the dark, and since Mr. Grange had already awakened Captain Dalton, it only took a few seconds for the captain to knock Red Mulholly down, even if Red did have a knife. Ah, he's a brave and mighty man, the skipper. And you may later that. Dickens, where'd Paul Parrot been? I haven't seen him on deck all morning. Well, mates, they threw Red and Irons in a hold, you know. When I went down to early this morning to fetch him his grub, he begged me to leave Paul Parrot with him to keep him company, or he'd go mad. And you let him? Well, much as I hate their love, I just couldn't refuse him that. But a few moments ago, when I went below, he changed his mind. He said the blue and green they kept remarkin' unpleasant and disturbing things at him. So he wanted me to take him back on deck. Ah, he's a blue man hammerin' in a shark, and you can later that. Ah! Well, blow me down, old Paul Parrot. You can tell a man by his riggin'. He's a smart old bird, picks up words just hearing him said once, and then he says them when you at least expect it. Ah! You can later that, Mr. Altesi, I'm with you. Ah! There it goes again. Wait, did you hear what that bird said? What? He said, you can later that, Mr. Altesi. Where did he get that name? Are you sure he said that? He said it just as plain as... Ah! I'm with you, Mr. Altesi. You can later that. There. Hear him? Hear him? Why shiver me timbers where did he pick that up? Why, Altesi is a spanner that Captain Dalton had so much trouble with before the cruise, isn't he? Yes. He's the man that brought me on board the Paul Parrot and put me in that cask. Blow me down. That's the swab the captain suspected of causing that chopper noise down in the hole, ain't it? That's the one. But, Johnny, if the parrot heard his name... Then he must be aboard some place. That's what I think, too. You're right, mates. The bird must have picked it up this small when I left him down in the hole. And that means Altesi was down there talking to a rat. Shiver me timbers. Let's find the skipper. No, Dickon. There's no time to lose. The captain is aft with the officers, grilling the men to use the whale boats. We'd better go down in the hole as quietly as we can. And maybe we can find out where Altesi is hiding. Well, let's hurry. I'll go with you. No, hold. I'd better not. He'll hear me old peg red clumping down the stairs and that'll warn him. That's right, Dickon. We'd better go alone. But it's dangerous, Miss Sue. You should have one of the men go below with you. Well, we'll be real quiet, Dickon. The fewer of us there are, the less chance there is of Altesi hearing us if he's down there. We'll go below and hide behind the empty casks in a hole. Well, mates, if you're set on it, but I'll stay right here at the head of the companion way. And if anything dangerous happens, just hail me. And I'll be done with half the crew and the time it takes a whale to hoist his flukes. All right, Dickon. Come on, Sue. Real quiet. All right. Where did Dickon say red was in? Dickon didn't say. But the captain says he was right for of the casks. That means just about a midships. Careful, these stairs creak. I'll be careful. Now we're on the main deck. Now, down to the hold. Wait. Look, Johnny, if red is in Irons, a midship in the hole, that would put him just about under our cabin. That's right. And that would be just where you'd expect Altestie to be hiding. Because if Altestie made that chopping noise, that came right from under Mr. Grange's cabin, remember? Yes. Look, Johnny, we're almost there. Yes. We can slip around behind that first stack of casks. But where's red? He's around on the other side of those casks. Come on, real quick. We made it. And no sound. Come on. We'll creep through this little space here. It's awfully small. We'll have to squeeze through. It's the only way we can get through all these casks. Watch out, Sue. Don't push any of them. If one falls over, it'll make an awful racket. Well, I'll try not to. We're almost there. Listen. It's voices. Somebody's talking. And one of them must be that sailor red. And the other must be the... Shh. We've got to get closer. Real quiet now. I'll try to. Oh, look out, Johnny. Why? That cask ahead. It's shaking. It's going to fall. Oh, gee. It'll tell him we're here. Oh, it's stopping. That was awful close. We've got to be even more careful. Oh, I thought sure that barrel would fall. Come on. We're almost there. Well, there must be right past that next row of casks. Yes. You can see right through here. Who is it? Sue. Look. My good friend red. If I loosen the chains, can you be sure you can start a mutiny? Of course I can, Mr. Altesti. I told you this morning I was with you every night of the way. Ah, but if this is not true, if I loose you and then you tell the captain... Blow me down, Mr. Altesti. I'd never do that. Sir, help me. I wouldn't cross you. If you did, you might find a dirt between your ribs. Ah, but if you cannot start a mutiny among the men, you will be of no use to me. You give me a chance to... That's the man. That's Altesti all right. But where did he come from? Where has he been hiding? Look. See that opening in the planking over there? Oh, yes. It's like a door. That's where he's been hiding. There's a secret compartment on the side of the hall. We better run back and tell the captain. Right away, Sue. But wait. Listen a minute. What is I tell you, my friend red? Whether it is through you or by some other way. Before eight bells this evening, I shall have that map of senior granges and it shall be I who am in command of this ship and not that swine Captain Talton. Madre de Dios, I swear it. By eight bells, I shall be in command. So, Altesti has been on board the pall parrot all this time hiding in a secret compartment. And what is his plot to free red and start a mutiny? Will Johnny and Sue be able to tell the captain in time to stop this man's evil plans? And about that map, that's what Altesti wants, the map that Mr. Grange holds with Johnny's father's name on it. Will he get it? Only time will tell. Perhaps we'll find out real soon, so don't miss even one of these exciting adventures on the cruise of the pall parrot. Your pall parrot announcer is Dave Ward.