Barba Melon was the strongest and fiercest pirate in the seven seas. He had collected a legendary treasure during his storming of ships in all parts of the world. It was the largest treasure that made him the best pirate. Barba Melon didn’t trust anyone because he was a strong pirate, so he always carried his private treasure under his feet in a part of his ship that he had securely allocated to place the treasure in.
One day, some pirates heard about a great treasure that would pass on one of the huge ships, considered the strongest ship on the face of the earth. That group of pirates was armed, but no pirate pleased them except Barba Melon.
Barba Melon used his special method to obtain treasure: he would sink large ships, so the bottom would become full of treasures and jewels that he could obtain later to increase his wealth.
The pirates carefully prepared their attack on the ship. The operation they undertook succeeded, and they obtained that treasure. Indeed, after a short time, they became fully prepared to transfer the great treasure to Barba Melon’s ship. It was a wonderful and very large treasure, larger than Barba Melon’s treasure. Therefore, when he saw it, he thought happily that he would double his wealth with that huge treasure.
While the pirates were very happy to obtain the treasure as they were transferring it from the sea to Barba Melon’s ship, they didn’t notice that the ship they were placing the treasure on was tilting little by little. Because the treasure was very huge, the ship couldn’t float on the water’s surface with that huge size it was carrying on board.
When the pirates noticed what was happening to the ship, no one could do anything, as there was no longer any time or method before them to save themselves. Indeed, the ship sank, drowning in the sea bottom with all the treasures it was carrying. All the pirates also drowned, and the great pirate Barba Melon also drowned, who wanted to make his wealth more massive. But whatever the pirates did, they were always stupid.
Translated from Spanish with the title: El tesoro de Barba Melón