one day the lookout of a ship sees a pirate ship on the horizon. "Captain, theres pirates headed straight at us!" the captain says "get me my red shirt!" the lookout gets him the shirt, and they fight a magnificent battle. the next day the lookout sees two pirate ships on the horizon. "two pirate ships headed for us captain!" "get me my red shirt" once again, the captain puts on the red shirt and fights a grand battle. The lookout asks the captain, "why do you always wear the red shirt into battle?" "well" the captain says "if i get wounded i dont want the crew to see my blood and lose their courage" "that makes sense", the lookout thinks. the next day, they see 20 ships on the horizon. the lookout goes and gets the red shirt without even being told to do so. when he gives it to the captain the captain says "forget that! bring me my brown pants!"