A Sailor's Life is a Life For Me! (Attn: Eric)

[Donald Duck]

Ever since the beautiful and genial Princess Cinderella was kind enough to guide Donald in a tour of the beautiful castle she lived in, the duck had indulged in a new hobby: castle sight-seeing. On his days off from his many odd jobs, he vowed to see as many castles as he could. Besides Cinderella's castle, the closest castle to his home in Duckburg was the castle of one Prince Eric.

Donald found that, to arrive at Eric's castle, it would have been quicker by boat than to circle the archipelago by land, in a car. So this was the perfect opportunity for Donald to take his old yet reliable boat out to sea. He hummed merrily as sailed to the destination, although he occasionally had to yell "SHUT UP!" to the seagulls overhead, if their cries interfered with Donald's humming.

Donald saw the castle in the distance, and covered the sun from his eyes with his hand. "Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy!" the duck exclaimed. "There it is! Full steam ahead!" He ordered himself, as he was the only crew member on board!

After the castle appeared in his vision, it took Donald twenty minutes to reach close enough. The castle was beautiful and perfect for a seaworthy duck like him. Unfortunately, Donald didn't really have time to stare at the castle as he approached, because he was looking for a suitable place to dock his boat. He stopped the boat's engine, and the boat stopped. He looked out the port bow, hoping to find a good spot to dock.

[eric]

By the side of the castle, the young sailor was playing a gallic tune he learned last year in Ireland. Ariel bless her heart, had the unfortunate task for the day of having more princess lessons at Carlotta's urging. He'd have to do something nice for her for doing it later on.

For himself it happened to be a day where he didn't have anything particularly pressing on his agenda. He pressed off the wall and began to head down to the docks with the intention fo take the rowboat out for a little while. When he came to he saw a duck in a sailor's uniform coming to port. He was still getting used to the idea of animals being so humane. It wasn't a bad thing at all, in fact he found it really fasinating. He gave a wave to the mallard. "Ahoy. You can pull in at this dock." he offered.

[Donald Duck]

Donald heard the friendly call of a man. His eyes spotted the handsome, young man, and he waved back. "Thanks, pal!" He turned the boat's direction and weighed anchor near the indicated dock. He happily jumped off the boat and approached the man. He spoke before he fully reached the man, and his eyes looked up, for the man was much taller.

"Hiya, sir! Do you know whose castle this is?" The duck gestured to the large, beautiful castle by the sea, just behind the handsome man. The duck would be stunned to learn that he was speaking to a man who knew the castle only too well.