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

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  Speaker 1: Org The crews of the Nozark by David Cory. A leak,
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  Speaker 1: look out, look out, a boat in sight. Turn quickly
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  Speaker 1: to the left or right. You'll have a smash up.
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  Speaker 1: Sure as fate. Alas my warning came too late, sang
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  Speaker 1: the weather cock, and oh dear me, he was right.
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  Speaker 1: Crash bang. The Nozark shivered from bow to stern, and
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  Speaker 1: all the animals were thrown off their feet. Little Marjory
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  Speaker 1: awoke with a start. It was just daylight, and far
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  Speaker 1: off in the east the rising sun was chinging the
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  Speaker 1: sky pink and gold. She hurriedly put on her clothes
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  Speaker 1: and ran out on deck, where she met Captain Noah
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  Speaker 1: and his sons, whales and porpoises. Exclaimed Captain Doah, mister
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  Speaker 1: Jonah has been asleep at the switch again, I'll bet.
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  Speaker 1: And then he ran forward and looked over the bow
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  Speaker 1: of the Ark. Only a few yards off was the
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  Speaker 1: charred hull of a vessel riding look in the water.
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  Speaker 1: Quickly examining his own ship, Captain Noah discovered a hole
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  Speaker 1: on the starboard side, and then all of a sudden,
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  Speaker 1: the animals came rushing up on deck. The Ark is
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  Speaker 1: filling with water. Cried, Missus elephant, and my slippers are
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  Speaker 1: all soaking wet. If I had remained below another minute,
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  Speaker 1: they would have been ruined. She had hardly finished when
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  Speaker 1: all the rats and maya scrambled up the companionway. A
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  Speaker 1: bad sign, said Captain Noah. It shows the ark is sinking.
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  Speaker 1: Missus Noah gave a scream. She had hastily thrown a
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  Speaker 1: kimono over a night dress at the first warning, and
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  Speaker 1: had hurried on deck. Don't worry, said little Margery, bravely.
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  Speaker 1: Captain Noah will stop the league, I hope, so he said. Then,
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  Speaker 1: turning to the passengers, he asked, who will volunteer to
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  Speaker 1: go with me below deck? I will, shouted Han, and
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  Speaker 1: so will I said the elephant. Come along, then, said
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  Speaker 1: Captain Noah. Throw me down the tarpaulin and some planks
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  Speaker 1: he called up a few minutes later. But oh, dear me,
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  Speaker 1: the water had gained such headway that the tarbulin was
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  Speaker 1: of no use at all. And I don't know what
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  Speaker 1: would have happened if the elephant hadn't sat down squarely
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  Speaker 1: on the whole blocking it up so that not a
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  Speaker 1: single drop of water leaked in. Bully for you, cried
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  Speaker 1: Captain Noah. That's the best stunt I've seen yet. It's
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  Speaker 1: not very comfortable, said the elephant, with a shiver. My,
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  Speaker 1: but the water's chilly. Start the pumps, commanded Captain Noah,
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  Speaker 1: rushing to the foot of the companionway set some of
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  Speaker 1: the animals to work well. After a while, the ark
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  Speaker 1: was pumped dry, and everybody heaved a sigh of relief.
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  Speaker 1: How long do you expect me to be a water plug,
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  Speaker 1: asked the elephant. You don't expect me to sit here
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  Speaker 1: for the rest of the voyage. I don't know what
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  Speaker 1: we'll do if you get up, answered Captain Noah. Neither
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  Speaker 1: do I said the elephant. Let's call mister Jonah, said
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  Speaker 1: Captain Noah. What's the use, said the elephant. What good
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  Speaker 1: will he do? If he hadn't been asleep at the tiller,
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  Speaker 1: we never would have had the accident. We might punish
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  Speaker 1: him for a neglect of duty, said Captain Noah. We'll
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  Speaker 1: plug the hole up with him. He can set on
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  Speaker 1: the opening for a punishment. Great idea, chuckled the elephant.
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  Speaker 1: Bring him down. So Captain Noah hastened on deck to
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  Speaker 1: look for poor mister Jonah and pretty soon he came
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  Speaker 1: back with mister Jonah, who of course didn't know what
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  Speaker 1: they were going to do with him. What do you
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  Speaker 1: want me for, he asked. It's pretty dent down here, hello,
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  Speaker 1: said the elephant. Excuse my not rising, certainly, said mister Jonah,
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  Speaker 1: but you don't look very comfortable. And then, quick as
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  Speaker 1: a wink, the elephant reached out his trunk and grabbed
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  Speaker 1: poor mister Jonah. Help murder, yelled Jonah, nearly strangled by
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  Speaker 1: the water, which rushed into the ark as the elephant
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  Speaker 1: got up, keep quiet, commanded Captain Noah, and then the
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  Speaker 1: elephant pushed poor mister Jonah into the hole. It's all
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  Speaker 1: your fault that we had this accident. Now you can
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  Speaker 1: stop up the leak. Mister Jonah was too frightened to speak. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: when he partly recovered from his fright he said, but
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  Speaker 1: what am I to do? Don't do a thing, said
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  Speaker 1: Captain Noah, pushing him down as he started get up.
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  Speaker 1: You just sit there and be a hero. I won't,
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  Speaker 1: cried mister Jonah. Then we'll all drown, and you too,
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  Speaker 1: said Captain Noah, And just then the weather coop shouted
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  Speaker 1: out loud and clear, land ahead, Land Ahead, and in
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  Speaker 1: a few short seconds the arc rolled upon a sandy
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  Speaker 1: beach and came to a standstill. Throw out, the anchor,
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  Speaker 1: commanded Captain Noah. We won't take any chances this time.
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  Speaker 1: And pretty soon all the animals were playing on the sand,
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  Speaker 1: while Missus Noah with Marjorie and the boys mading fire
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  Speaker 1: under some palm trees. Suddenly Captain Noah remembered mister Jonah.
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  Speaker 1: Thunder and lightning, he exclaimed, and at once descended into
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  Speaker 1: the hold, where he found poor mister Jonah still sitting
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  Speaker 1: on the hole in the ark. A rise, noble man,
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  Speaker 1: said Captain Noah, bursting into laughter. Thank goodness, said Jonah,
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  Speaker 1: I feel as stiff as a glass bottle stopper. And
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  Speaker 1: in the next chapter you shall hear of a wonderful
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  Speaker 1: picnic which they all had on this little green island
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  Speaker 1: in the middle of the big blue ocean. End of
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  Speaker 1: chapter ten. Read by Nancy Cochranebergen Gilbert, Arizona, August twenty three,
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  Speaker 1: two thousand, twenty three.