Another snow day?

Ahoy, me hearties! I missed you during the blizzard. Did you build me a snowman? Captain Moonbeard's ship was stuck in the ice momentarily, but the friendly whale I told you about came and pushed us out. With that, we hoisted our sails and headed toward the Island of R. Why do we dare to make this treacherous voyage? So we can catch us some magical words, me hearties! Something happens when you put an R beside a vowel...they change their sounds! Get Silly Stephenson to show you more about R-controlled vowels. They're very intERRRRRRResting! Fair winds, Sparky