Excerpt: ...Ham. "Get busy," said Capt. Noah to the Elephants. "Your trunks are nearly as good as hose. Why don't you help us?" Pg 78 "What do you say, Ella?" said the Elephant. "If we don't we may have to swim later." Without answering, she went forward and commenced drawing up the salt water in her trunk and then sending it in a swift stream down into the hold. The fire, however, was gaining fast, and in spite of the efforts of the Elephants and the crew the danger increased to an alarming extent, and at last the flames ...
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Excerpt: ...Ham. "Get busy," said Capt. Noah to the Elephants. "Your trunks are nearly as good as hose. Why don't you help us?" Pg 78 "What do you say, Ella?" said the Elephant. "If we don't we may have to swim later." Without answering, she went forward and commenced drawing up the salt water in her trunk and then sending it in a swift stream down into the hold. The fire, however, was gaining fast, and in spite of the efforts of the Elephants and the crew the danger increased to an alarming extent, and at last the flames leaped forth and crawled over the deck. The animals howled and rushed to the stern of the Ark, which raised the bow high in the air, and thus added to the danger. "If it would only rain!" said Mrs. Noah, who sat on a coil of rope, her sealskin coat on her arm and her jewel box in her hand. "If it would only rain! This can't be Pg 79 the forty-first day, can it? Time does go so fast." Well, I guess something terrible would have happened if just then all of a sudden the Weathercock hadn't seen the Whale, who had landed Mr. Jonah aboard, some two or three chapters ago. "There's the Whale!" shouted the Weathercock. "See him spout!" "Run up a signal of distress!" commanded Capt. Noah. "He might save Mr. Jonah for old times' sake!" "If he'd only get up close and spout water over the Ark, he'd put out the fire pretty quick," said Ham. "Good idea," said Capt. Noah. "Ship ahoy!" yelled Mr. Jonah, waving his red bandanna handkerchief in the air. "Ahoy! Ahoy!" Then the Whale stopped spouting and made for the Ark. Pg 80 "He's coming! He's coming!" shouted the Weathercock. "Don't stop squirting water," said Capt. Noah to the Elephants. "On with the pail brigade!" screamed Ham. And then the monkeys slid down from the roof and grabbed hold of the pails and threw water down the hold. But still the cruel flames crept nearer and nearer. "Oh, dear!" sighed Mrs. Noah. "I'm afraid my sealskin coat will get singed, and after all the trouble I've had putting it up...
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