Admiral Bunnington and his crew, after a wild Boston tea party,
proudly sailing on the USS "Old Iron Ears", set out to capture
pirates in the Caribbean. Unfortunately, they sailed into a
strong gale and shipwrecked on a small island that was not on
their charts.
After being washed up on the
beach, with the once regal ship smashed to ill repair, Admiral
Bunnington carefully rationed the remainder of the salvaged
supplies. Fortunately, they had some barrels of wheat flour from
Minnesota stowed away that had not been damaged.
The Admiral decided to send out
2 scouting parties of brave bunny sailors to forage for food.
Some of them came back with nuts, and some with berries.
Immediately, Petty Officer Bunny Benjamin from the galley was
put in charge of fruity foods, and his assistant, sailor Bunny
Earl was put in charge of nutty foods.
Ah, but frustration ran
throughout as the nutty nuts got dropped into the fruity fruits,
and landed in a barrel of wheat flour that was to be used for a
special feast. The Admiral's birthday, no less!! A ruckus broke
out between the food handlers. What a sight! And what a mess!
Oars were in the barrel with each sailor bunny trying to
retrieve his find for the Admiral.
Admiral Bunnington returned
from an outing anxious to see if there would be rations for the
days to come, and of course for his birthday! Without
hesitating, he reaches into the barrel with his hand and grabs a
sample of this strange mixture.