The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-29

Is the same thing The door was on a level with the
street and they sailed out into the roadway into
the moonlight that revealed all the animals Luddled
together in the hold ana eagerly glaring at him
with hungry eyes, so thstshe shuddered and turned
paler than the moonlighT oah blew a whistle sud-
denly, and his sons rah 10 him promptly. They
lined up before their parents at the stern and the
captain, without letting go she tiller, said:
The time has come to hold the evening services.
Boys, have you composed your poems"
q have" replied Ham.
1--WE have managed to make rhyme or two, but
nothing much" said Shem. mines worse than
Japb4 good deal, but his is pretty bad"
eve always reeite new aud pleasing animal odes
and poemlets at this time said Noah to Mr.. Penny
we'll "and you shall be the Judge. I've been too busy
to-day to make one, Go on, boys"
RHYMES BY The FAMILY
Mines on the mandrill" said Ham. Its this
way;
"a monkeys called mandrin;
But yet upon my soul
I do not think it can drill
man, nor cen a hoew
@Not, so bad" said Noah. 'Now, Shem, it's your
turn" 81. t.>
Said Shem:
"Ihe gnus are very. very old;
How old l cannot say.
And yet the daily news are sold
On newsstands every day."
That's very good" interrupted Mr.. PennyweD
Listen to mineP said Japhet:
Electric lights down in Brazil
Are secuted by the papers,
They say the darkest forests still
Are lighted up by tapirs."
II made another also" he added.
"The mongoose Is one of the things
That fools you by its name;
1t has no feathers, beak wings,
But it's a mon-goose Just the samel"
Mrs. Noah giggled and said q really must re-
cite mine"
with pig-pens one can't write at ell,
They viii not carry ink;
Nor does penguin furnish pensy
AS you might really think"
@Pve thought Of one while YOU were saying
yours" remarked Noah,
"Of demonstrators you know nat
They're snakes-both great and small,
But the jerbo~ Is quite like rat
And not a snake at all"
"Splendidp cried Mr.. Pennyweu. thinking to
please them all. 81 wonder how you do itp
"You seem to have some sense. after ALL" re-
marked Captain Noah evidently gratifed at the
mans appreciation Perhaps you have some verses
Of your ownP
81 can't make verses, but have a conundrum.
What was the first tool used by the monkeyl"
"Give it up said Noah "What was itF
"When the monkey fell off the cocoanut tree he
caught himself but he gave himself monkey
wrench"
"RottenP cried Ham. II guess you'd it,, stop
making riddles"
"It's the best I can do" said Mr. Pennywsll, who
was sorry already.
There Is no knowing what they might have done
&c him had not Noah suddenly started and quickly
put the tiller TO port as tho Ark narrowly missed
striking a lamp-post on the corner.
The vessel turned and tilted upward, but IN
stead o. upsetting as Mr. Pennywell expected, II
shot up into tho air straight into the starry sky and
kept right on az It that was its proper direction,
Mr., Pennywail looked down at tho lights Of the
city, now fading away In a dark haze, and wondered
II the Ark was going 10 the neon or some othog
planot and he wshsd to ask Noah 10 lend him his
Lelaaaana bat Waa aaEald % do A. Night BIRD. add