Synopsis

A decrepit Narrator introduces the story and appears at various times to link the scenes.

Henrietta decides that her husband Henry should have another adventure. As it’s the anniversary of Mortimer’s Uncle Ponsonby’s ill-fated expedition to discover the lost Temple of Howjahdoodah, they decide to make their own search for the Temple. When they set off, Henrietta and Aurora decide to disguise themselves and follow Henry to make sure he doesn’t get up to any mischief.

Henry and Mortimer go down to the harbour where they encounter Captain Codfish and Barnacle the Mate, who had taken them on a previous ill-fated journey. The voyage is brief. On arrival in the Dark Continent, Henry abandons Codfish, who immediately decides to become a pirate. In large cardboard boxes representing pirate ships, they attack Henrietta and Aurora, who drive them off with the assistance of Kitty the tiger.

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