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11 - Cruise of the Noah's Ark by David Cory · Cruise of the Noah's Ark

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  Speaker 1: Dot Org read by Kay Curtis. The Crews of the
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  Speaker 1: Noah's Ark by David Cory, Chapter eleven, The Picnic. Don't
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  Speaker 1: leave me alone on the ark, Margie, dear, for I
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  Speaker 1: shall be lonely. I very much fear. Now, how would
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  Speaker 1: you like to be left alone? High up on a
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  Speaker 1: perch where the wild breeze is moan? The weathercock wants
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  Speaker 1: to come with us, said Marjorie. Then why doesn't he?
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  Speaker 1: Said Captain Noah, who was busily engaged in making the
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  Speaker 1: anchor line fast. I'll tell him to come with us.
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  Speaker 1: And she ran up to the gangplank and called to
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  Speaker 1: the lonely weathercock, why don't you fly down? We'd like
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  Speaker 1: to have you come ashore with us. That's all I
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  Speaker 1: wanted to know, said the faithful bird. Look out here
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  Speaker 1: she goes, And with a great flutter and flapping of
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  Speaker 1: his gilt wings, he landed on the sand. And after
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  Speaker 1: that he and Marjorie went over to the clump of
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  Speaker 1: palm trees where Missus Noah and the boys were resting.
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  Speaker 1: This would be a fine spot for a picnic, she said,
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  Speaker 1: Did you ever go to one? No, I've never been
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  Speaker 1: to one, although I once went to affair with father,
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  Speaker 1: said Marjorie. Well, while the boys are busy with Captain
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  Speaker 1: Noah mending the ark, we'll get a fire started and
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  Speaker 1: have our lunch out here beneath the trees. It didn't
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  Speaker 1: take long to get the fire started, for Missus Noah
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  Speaker 1: wished to surprise the captain when he came back. And
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  Speaker 1: pretty soon the kettle was singing away hooray for the
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  Speaker 1: jolly picnic, and the crew of the Red Noah's Ark,
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  Speaker 1: I'll whistle and sing like a bird in the spring
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  Speaker 1: while the red flames gleam and spark. There are some
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  Speaker 1: nice clams on the beach, said Missus Noah. So the
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  Speaker 1: weathercock took a basket and went down to the water's
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  Speaker 1: edge and brought back enough for everybody. And I guess
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  Speaker 1: Missus Noah had been to many a clam bake, for
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  Speaker 1: she knew just how to roast them, and a pile
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  Speaker 1: of seaweed and red hot stones. Well, pretty soon Captain Noah,
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  Speaker 1: with mister Jonah and the three boys came out of
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  Speaker 1: the ark and sat down beneath the palm trees. And
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  Speaker 1: then all the animals sat around in a ring, for
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  Speaker 1: this was the first picnic they had ever been to.
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  Speaker 1: I'm as hungry as a bear, said little Margery, and
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  Speaker 1: then the elephant began to laugh, But the bear only
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  Speaker 1: smiled and spread his bread with honey. Of course, some
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  Speaker 1: of the animals didn't eat any of Missus Noah's lunch.
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  Speaker 1: The giraffe stood near by and ate the tender leaves
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  Speaker 1: off the tops of the trees, and the monkeys ate cocoanuts,
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  Speaker 1: and the ducks and geese kept close to the water
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  Speaker 1: and snapped up little fishes and snails. But everybody had
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  Speaker 1: a wonderful time, I think, mother, said Captain Noah, wiping
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  Speaker 1: the crumbs from the tablecloth and holding them out to
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  Speaker 1: a little brown threat brush who had sat on his
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  Speaker 1: shoulder during the meal. We had better spend the night ashore.
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  Speaker 1: I'll bring the big tent from the ark and set
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  Speaker 1: it up under the trees. I'm going to do a
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  Speaker 1: little painting inside the ark this afternoon. That's a very
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  Speaker 1: good idea, said Missus Noah. When the tent was set
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  Speaker 1: up and the ropes securely fastened to the pigs which
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  Speaker 1: had been driven into the ground, Missus Noah and Marjorie
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  Speaker 1: busied themselves fixing it up inside in order to make
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  Speaker 1: it comfortable for the night. And when evening came, a
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  Speaker 1: bright fire was lighted, and after supper everybody sat around
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  Speaker 1: and talked. Ham popped corn, and Marjorie roasted apples. Nine o'clock,
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  Speaker 1: said Captain Noah. Time for bed. We must be up
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  Speaker 1: early in the morning. It was the loveliest picnic I've
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  Speaker 1: ever had, said Marjorie as she kissed Missus Noah good night.
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  Speaker 1: End of chapter Alone Heaven. The picnic