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66 onah and the Arkw A Short Story by George Moreau JONAH TUGGED AT HIS BEARD angrily and strode up and down the whale. Mrs. Jonah paused for breath a moment, then eyed Jonah with antagf onism. Jonah waved his arms wildly beating the atmosphere with his gar- ments. He then began to speak in a high pitched. thin voice: I tell thee, woman, I will have no further words with thee. Thou hast done nothing but complain since taking up our abode in this lishy place. Yea,I have said unto thee many times that the housing shortage is acute. Did not Adam and Eve eat themselves out of home and home? And was not Daniel sleeping with the lions? Were we not lucky to secure this dwelling for only xn shekels a month? hits. Jonah looked up from her seat on the whales liver and spoke to the cage of the great whales ribs saying, Harken to him, how smoothly he over' looketh the xxv shekels which he paid for the key to this abominable floating domicile. Jonah scowled fiercely and tugged again at his beard. Thou speakest with the tongue of a tishfwife. If thou hadst harkened to me yesterday, thou wouldst have learned that this spacious abode was advertised in the Jericho Citizen as a housefboat. As thou well knowest we did enter it in the dead of the night. Thou mustest admit it seemed all right the night of our arrival-floors sound, walls sound, no signs of mice or rats! No rats, sneered Mrs. Jonah 5 any fool knoweth that rats desert a sinking ship, and this ship has done nothing but sink steadily since we got on . Yea, 'tis true that Smilin' Sam, the agent, did betray me with his smooth tongue. He spoke about water frontage, but said nothing of a sudden trip out to sea. Out to sea, mocked Mrs. Jonah, out to see nothing ! How can'st thou see without a clean window, or even a chink? There is no need to bring the hon- ourable Chinese into the discussion Fish, fish, fish, said Mrs. Jonah, Kish for breakfast, Esh for lunch and fish for supper ! How much longer must this diet continue ? Thou hast nothing to blubber about, Jonah retorted. Well, wife, I'm going up for a blow g art thou coming ? I might as well, as harken to thee spouting. Mr. and Mrs. Jonah ascended the main cornpanionway to the promenade deck of the sleeping whale. They pro- ceeded around the port side, and as they were rounding the stern Jonah stubbed his toe on a lin. Enjoy your trip ? en' quired Mrs. Jonah. Ye gods and little fishes , said Jonah looking up, what in heaven is that ? In awed silence they watched a huge craft aproaching. On the bow was written The Ark. When the Ark drew nearer, they could see animals looking out of the numerous port holes in pairs. It certainly looketh like the return of a hunting expedition , said Jonah 3 or maybe Bring-'emfback'alive Caesar returneth from darkest Africa. By now the Ark was right alongside the whale. Ahoy there, good ship Ark, ahoy l Ahoy thineselff' answered a long bearded man g who art thou ? I am Jonah, son of Jona, son of Jon, on of Jo, son of J .... Cease, J.J. g dost thou not recognize thine old classmate, Noah ? Holy mackerel, 'tis Noah as I live. How art thou, old war horse ? It is well with me, but whither goest thou in yonder strange craft ? 'Arken unto me, Noah my friend g I have had a whale of a time, but, confidentially, it stinkethf' Thou tellest me ! retorted Noah, getting a good whiff. Verily, who is yonder fair damsel by thy side ? A thousand pardons, Noah, meetest thou the missusf' Then Noah, putting his head down the hatch, hollered Ham, Shem, Jap' heth, cast a rope onto yonder whale and lower a plank ! The Jonahs climbed aboard. Jonah spoke first: Why keepest thou the gruesome twosomes ? Continued on Page 66 gimp' L fed M .- Q' ii I2
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