Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: MR. JONAH LEAVES THE WHALE FOR THE ARK _The Cruise of the Noah's Ark._ _Frontispiece_] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- _LITTLE JOURNEYS TO HAPPY LAND_ _(Trademark Registered)_ THE CRUISE OF THE NOAH'S ARK By DAVID CORY Author of The Little Jack Rabbit Series _Profusely Illustrated_ _GROSSET & DUNLAP_ PUBLISHERS NEW YORK Made in the United States of America -------------------------------------------------------------------------- _LITTLE JOURNEYS TO HAPPY LAND_ (Trademark Registered) The Cruise of the Noah's Ark The Magic Soap-Bubble The Iceberg Express BY DAVID CORY Author of Little Jack Rabbit Series (Trademark Registered) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright, 1922, by GROSSET & DUNLAP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS ALL ABOARD! 3 COCK-A-DOODLE-DO 17 THE CIRCUS 31 THE MAJESTY OF THE LAW 49 MAN OVERBOARD 59 FIRE! FIRE! 75 REPAIRS 87 THE ICEBERG 99 A THRILLING RESCUE 111 A LEAK 125 THE PICNIC 135 THE STORM 143 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Illustration: Mr. Noah "shooed" the Hen aboard the Ark.] ALL ABOARD! A stands for Animal, Ant or Ape, Quite different in spelling as well as in shape. "Oh, dear!" sighed Marjorie, "I'm tired of writing in this old copy book. What's the use of making the letters just like the copy, anyhow? Mother doesn't. Her capitals are very different." B stands for Bruin, Bee or Bug-- The Bee has a sting and the Bear has a hug! "Oh, dear!" sighed Marjorie again, while she rested her head on her arm and looked over at the Noah's Ark. And then, all of a sudden, something very strange happened. Mr. Noah came out of his little Ark and said, "You had better come with us, for it is going to rain for 40 days and 40 nights, and goodness knows where this nursery will be by the end of that time; probably floating about, half full of water, in the apple orchard." "Do you really mean it?" asked Marjorie, gazing anxiously out of the window at the rain which was falling in torrents. "I certainly do," replied Mr. Noah. And then Mrs. Noah poked her head out of a little window in the Ark. "Listen to Mr. Noah, my dear, for he was certainly right the first time, and why shouldn't he be now?"