"Indeed I am," he replied, swinging around on one toe like a dancer. "Isn't he graceful?" cooed the dove in Marjorie's ear. "S-s-sh!" she answered. "Don't let him hear you. He might get conceited." "What are you talking about down there?" asked the weathercock. "Oh, nothing in particular," answered the dove. "I was just receiving a little advice from Marjorie." "Well, you probably won't use it," said the weathercock. "So you might just as well hand it over to me." "My, how curious you are!" laughed Marjorie. "You'd be, too," answered the weathercock, "if you were in the habit of having the winds tell you each day what was going on. It's not so much curiosity as habit." Just then Mrs. Noah called: "Marjorie, I think you'd better come in. It's too damp outside, my dear." The cabin looked very cozy. Mrs. Noah was seated by the table knitting a pair of socks for the captain, and the three boys were writing in their copy books. "I think, my dear," said Mrs. Noah, kindly, "it would be a good thing for you to do a little studying each day." So Marjorie seated herself at the table and Mrs. Noah opened a writing book and laid it before her. With a cry of surprise Marjorie turned to Mrs. Noah: "Why, it's the very copy book I have at home!" "'A stands for Animal, Ant or Ape, Quite different in spelling as well as in shape.'" "The very same," cried Marjorie again. "See how well you can make the capital letters," suggested Mrs. Noah. "If you fill in this book nicely you can take it home with you and show your mother how well you employed your time aboard the Ark." "Oh, thank you," cried Marjorie. "That will be lovely. Mother is always worrying about my handwriting. I shall try my best to improve." Mrs. Noah then turned to look in Ham's book. "That is not a very good 'C' you have just made," she said. "Well, you see," answered Ham, with a laugh, "the sea is so rough that it made my 'C' rough, too." Everybody laughed at Ham's witty excuse. "What's all this levity about?" asked Capt. Noah, entering the cabin. "Coo!" said the little dove, "Coo!" said she, "And they all lived together In the big green tree." "Hello!" exclaimed Capt. Noah, forgetting his own question, "the dove spouting poetry, eh? Well, we'll have to give an entertainment. There must be lots of talent on board. Plenty of material for a circus, anyhow." "How jolly!" exclaimed Marjorie. "I'll make a ring to-morrow," said Japheth. "I've already trained one of the little pigs to walk on its hind legs," said Ham. "It's the white one with the pink nose." "The elephant and I are great friends," added Shem. "I think he'd do anything I asked him. To-night when I rolled up his bale of hay, he said, 'Hey, young man, look out for my toes!' And then he stood up on top of the bale on his hind legs just as they do in the circus. I'll bet I could make him do a lot of stunts."