this is my swamp

Exploring this swamp, with Rexx, has been the highlight of Calico Jack’s month and, when the tusked boy grins happily at him, Jack cannot help but laugh at the hilarity of the whole situation. They are both muddy messes, sopping wet and dirty, and the patchwork pup could not be happier. The swamp is made of mud, murky water that seems to be festering in some places judging by the smell, and filled with croaking toads and frogs. This place is surely heaven!

Then he gets an idea and finds Rexx a makeshift scepter, crowning him the king of this-here-place and the tusked boy takes his offering. Straightening up, Cal beams a lopsided grin as Rexx makes him his Loyal Knight and he bows deeply, holding his breath as he sends his nose under the waterline. Pulling his head from the water, Jack tosses his head, spraying more water and mud on the pair as he joyfully laughs and relents to his friend’s urging, moving deeper into the swamp.

Muddy and dirty, Calico Jack trots on, head held high as the mud sucks at his white paws, trying to slow down the happy pup on his journey. The trees bow their branches to the Loyal Knight and King as they pass and even the animals that live here clear the way for them. Thick reeds grow from out of the muck and wave at them, their heads rubbing together to cheer on the pups as they pass. It truly is a royal procession as Jack leads Rexx, the King, on a tour through his kingdom.


"Calico Jack"