April 9, 2025 • 7 mins
Marjorie boards a fantastical Noah’s Ark filled with talking animals and sets off on delightful and perilous adventures in this whimsical tale of imagination. Discover hundreds of ad-free audiobooks, soothing sounds for sleep and meditation, and more—unwind and learn at www.adfreebooks.com!
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Please visit LibriVox dot org. The Crews of the Noah's
Ark by David Cory. The storm. By noon of the
next day, Captain Noah reported that the pain was dry
and the ark ready to set sail. We must get
the animals together, he said, looking anxiously about. I can't
imagine where they have all gone to. Well, I'll have
(00:23):
everything packed and ready to put aboard by the time
you round up your passengers, laughed Missus Noah, who never
seemed to worry about anything, and Marjorie thought she was
the nicest person she had ever met. Come, boys, commanded
Captain Noah. Let's start the hunt. I hope the island
isn't large, for I don't fancy walking many miles in
this hot climate. So they all started off, mister Jonah
(00:47):
and the three Noah boys following Captain Noah, and after
walking for some time, they came to the top of
a hill from which they had a good view of
the island, and not very far away were all the animals,
enjoying themselves to their hearts content. Captain Noah took his
bugle and blew a long blast, and at once all
(01:07):
the animals looked around. Then he blew again, and after
that the animals formed in line with the elephant at
their head and marched toward them. When they reached the ark,
the gangplank was lowered and they all marched aboard. Everything
below decks was in apple pie order, and the animals
all seemed glad to be once more back in the ark.
(01:29):
All's well, that ends well, said Captain Noah, turning to
mister Jonah. My duty is to land these animals safely
after the rain is over. But it looks to me
as if it were going to commence again. There's a
big black cloud in the west, shouted the weather cock,
who had flown up to his perch on the fire
pole and was keeping a sharp lookout. Yes, I guess
(01:50):
we're going to have some nasty weather, said Captain Noah.
Let us hurry and get the ark afloat. In a
few minutes, the great boat was in motion, and after
a short run down to the water, it once more
rode the waves. You'd better come down to the cabin,
Captain Noah called out to the weather cock, as a
flash of lightning passed across the sky. We're going to
(02:12):
have a storm and you may be blown off your perch.
So the weather cock came down and perched on his shoulder,
and then he began to sing. Oh. The animals came
into the ark. The little dog with a bow wow bark.
The lion gave a kingly roar, and the monkey shook
the rat by the paw, and the mule cow said moo,
(02:33):
and the rooster sang cock a doo. Well, it didn't
take long for Captain Noah and his crew to make
everything snug and tight. But oh, dear me, how the
thunder roared and the lightning flashed. But in spite of
all this, Marjorie grew so sleepy that pretty soon she
went up to her little cabin with a dove on
her shoulder, and crept into bed. And then something strange happened.
(02:58):
The weather cock, although he had hopped into the cabin
to escape the storm, went out on deck every now
and then to look about him, so as to report
to Captain Noah the whereabouts of the ark. He didn't
seem to mind the storm, for a weathercock is used
to all sorts of weather and knows just from what
quarter the wind is blowing, you know, about midnight, after
(03:20):
coming in from deck, he hopped up to Little Marger's
cabin and knocked on the door, But she was so
fast asleep she didn't hear him. And if it hadn't
been for the dove, who was a very light sleeper,
I don't believe the weathercock would ever have been able
to tell Marjorie this strange thing that had happened. But
just as soon as the old dove heard the knocking,
(03:41):
she flew down from her cage and opened the door,
And after the weathercock had whispered to her, she went
over to where Marjorie lay sound asleep in her berth.
And just then the yard grated on something and came
to a stand still. But so gradually did the great
boat stop that Captain Noah, who was hall so sound asleep,
did not even move in his berth. Wake little Marjorie,
(04:05):
whispered the weather cock, And then the little white bird
leaned over the pillow and sang, in a low voice,
wake up, Wake up, Marjorie, dear, Come to the window.
Your home is quite nearer. See we are landed upon
your own roof, just outside your bedroom. Come here is
the proof. All lift up the curtain. There's your little
(04:27):
bed with a cozy white pillow and cover of red.
What is it where am i asked Marjorie, opening her eyes, Come,
said the weather cock, follow me dreamily. She got up
and followed him to the window. Opposite was her own
little bedroom window. Step over, carefully, whispered the weather cock,
(04:48):
While the dove took her by the hand. Marjorie stepped
across the open space and entered her bedroom. Then she
walked over to her own little bed and crept inside.
Go to sleep, whispered the weather cock. See you in
the morning, cud the dove, and with a gentle flutter,
they disappeared through the window. Indistinctly, Marjorie heard the arc
(05:10):
cast away from the window sill, and the voice of
Captain Noah came faintly to her ears. Careful, now we
must slip in through the nursery window without waking the household.
As that Noah's ark slowly drifted in through the nursery window,
Captain Noah ran forward with a hawser, ready to make
fast to the bookcase near the big table. Well well,
(05:33):
he exclaimed, it is nice to be home again. It
certainly is, said Missus Noah, as she and the three
boys came out on deck it is wonderful that the
water has done no damage to Marjorie's pretty nursery. See
how fast it is running away, exclaimed ham Lucky. We
sailed home to night. Just then mister Noah looked at
(05:54):
the bookcase. Gee hosa fat, he exclaimed, See that book
the Cruise of the Noah's Ark. Why there is my
picture on the cover? Look, look, shouted Geppeth. There are
more books in the series of Little Journeys to Happy Land,
so there are laughed Missus Noah. I would like to
(06:16):
read the Iceberg Express. That sounds interesting. I think a
little journey to Happy Land in the Magic Soap Bubble
would be some trip, exclaimed sheam. Time for bed, suddenly,
exclaimed Captain Noah. I am going to turn out all
the lights on the Noah's Ark, no time to night
for you to read these other books in this series.
(06:38):
And with these words, he turned out the red light
on the port side of the Ark and the green
light on the starboard side, and with a sigh of relief, added,
thank goodness, all the animals are well, and Marjory upstairs
asleep in her little bed, and the old Noah's Ark
back safe in the nursery. As Captain Noah ceased speaking,
(06:59):
the weathercock fled, uttered off the ark and over to
the nursery window. Pausing a moment on the sill, he
turned for one last look, and then flew straight away
for Uncle Spencer's barn. Home again, he chuckled, who'd have
thought I'd ever be a pilot on the deep blue Sea?
End of Chapter twelve read by Nancy Cochran Gerkin, Gilbert, Arizona,
(07:24):
August twenty four, two thousand, twenty three, and of the
Cruise of the Noah's Ark by David Cory
Please visit LibriVox dot org. The Crews of the Noah's
Ark by David Cory. The storm. By noon of the
next day, Captain Noah reported that the pain was dry
and the ark ready to set sail. We must get
the animals together, he said, looking anxiously about. I can't
imagine where they have all gone to. Well, I'll have
(00:23):
everything packed and ready to put aboard by the time
you round up your passengers, laughed Missus Noah, who never
seemed to worry about anything, and Marjorie thought she was
the nicest person she had ever met. Come, boys, commanded
Captain Noah. Let's start the hunt. I hope the island
isn't large, for I don't fancy walking many miles in
this hot climate. So they all started off, mister Jonah
(00:47):
and the three Noah boys following Captain Noah, and after
walking for some time, they came to the top of
a hill from which they had a good view of
the island, and not very far away were all the animals,
enjoying themselves to their hearts content. Captain Noah took his
bugle and blew a long blast, and at once all
(01:07):
the animals looked around. Then he blew again, and after
that the animals formed in line with the elephant at
their head and marched toward them. When they reached the ark,
the gangplank was lowered and they all marched aboard. Everything
below decks was in apple pie order, and the animals
all seemed glad to be once more back in the ark.
(01:29):
All's well, that ends well, said Captain Noah, turning to
mister Jonah. My duty is to land these animals safely
after the rain is over. But it looks to me
as if it were going to commence again. There's a
big black cloud in the west, shouted the weather cock,
who had flown up to his perch on the fire
pole and was keeping a sharp lookout. Yes, I guess
(01:50):
we're going to have some nasty weather, said Captain Noah.
Let us hurry and get the ark afloat. In a
few minutes, the great boat was in motion, and after
a short run down to the water, it once more
rode the waves. You'd better come down to the cabin,
Captain Noah called out to the weather cock, as a
flash of lightning passed across the sky. We're going to
(02:12):
have a storm and you may be blown off your perch.
So the weather cock came down and perched on his shoulder,
and then he began to sing. Oh. The animals came
into the ark. The little dog with a bow wow bark.
The lion gave a kingly roar, and the monkey shook
the rat by the paw, and the mule cow said moo,
(02:33):
and the rooster sang cock a doo. Well, it didn't
take long for Captain Noah and his crew to make
everything snug and tight. But oh, dear me, how the
thunder roared and the lightning flashed. But in spite of
all this, Marjorie grew so sleepy that pretty soon she
went up to her little cabin with a dove on
her shoulder, and crept into bed. And then something strange happened.
(02:58):
The weather cock, although he had hopped into the cabin
to escape the storm, went out on deck every now
and then to look about him, so as to report
to Captain Noah the whereabouts of the ark. He didn't
seem to mind the storm, for a weathercock is used
to all sorts of weather and knows just from what
quarter the wind is blowing, you know, about midnight, after
(03:20):
coming in from deck, he hopped up to Little Marger's
cabin and knocked on the door, But she was so
fast asleep she didn't hear him. And if it hadn't
been for the dove, who was a very light sleeper,
I don't believe the weathercock would ever have been able
to tell Marjorie this strange thing that had happened. But
just as soon as the old dove heard the knocking,
(03:41):
she flew down from her cage and opened the door,
And after the weathercock had whispered to her, she went
over to where Marjorie lay sound asleep in her berth.
And just then the yard grated on something and came
to a stand still. But so gradually did the great
boat stop that Captain Noah, who was hall so sound asleep,
did not even move in his berth. Wake little Marjorie,
(04:05):
whispered the weather cock, And then the little white bird
leaned over the pillow and sang, in a low voice,
wake up, Wake up, Marjorie, dear, Come to the window.
Your home is quite nearer. See we are landed upon
your own roof, just outside your bedroom. Come here is
the proof. All lift up the curtain. There's your little
(04:27):
bed with a cozy white pillow and cover of red.
What is it where am i asked Marjorie, opening her eyes, Come,
said the weather cock, follow me dreamily. She got up
and followed him to the window. Opposite was her own
little bedroom window. Step over, carefully, whispered the weather cock,
(04:48):
While the dove took her by the hand. Marjorie stepped
across the open space and entered her bedroom. Then she
walked over to her own little bed and crept inside.
Go to sleep, whispered the weather cock. See you in
the morning, cud the dove, and with a gentle flutter,
they disappeared through the window. Indistinctly, Marjorie heard the arc
(05:10):
cast away from the window sill, and the voice of
Captain Noah came faintly to her ears. Careful, now we
must slip in through the nursery window without waking the household.
As that Noah's ark slowly drifted in through the nursery window,
Captain Noah ran forward with a hawser, ready to make
fast to the bookcase near the big table. Well well,
(05:33):
he exclaimed, it is nice to be home again. It
certainly is, said Missus Noah, as she and the three
boys came out on deck it is wonderful that the
water has done no damage to Marjorie's pretty nursery. See
how fast it is running away, exclaimed ham Lucky. We
sailed home to night. Just then mister Noah looked at
(05:54):
the bookcase. Gee hosa fat, he exclaimed, See that book
the Cruise of the Noah's Ark. Why there is my
picture on the cover? Look, look, shouted Geppeth. There are
more books in the series of Little Journeys to Happy Land,
so there are laughed Missus Noah. I would like to
(06:16):
read the Iceberg Express. That sounds interesting. I think a
little journey to Happy Land in the Magic Soap Bubble
would be some trip, exclaimed sheam. Time for bed, suddenly,
exclaimed Captain Noah. I am going to turn out all
the lights on the Noah's Ark, no time to night
for you to read these other books in this series.
(06:38):
And with these words, he turned out the red light
on the port side of the Ark and the green
light on the starboard side, and with a sigh of relief, added,
thank goodness, all the animals are well, and Marjory upstairs
asleep in her little bed, and the old Noah's Ark
back safe in the nursery. As Captain Noah ceased speaking,
(06:59):
the weathercock fled, uttered off the ark and over to
the nursery window. Pausing a moment on the sill, he
turned for one last look, and then flew straight away
for Uncle Spencer's barn. Home again, he chuckled, who'd have
thought I'd ever be a pilot on the deep blue Sea?
End of Chapter twelve read by Nancy Cochran Gerkin, Gilbert, Arizona,
(07:24):
August twenty four, two thousand, twenty three, and of the
Cruise of the Noah's Ark by David Cory
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