ON BOARD THE ARK.
BY ALBERT LEE.
CHAPTER VIII.
The Lion bowed in a dignified manner to the Gopher, and rapped on the table again to bring the Parrots to order, and then the Gopher said, very slowly and deliberately:
"When is a door not a door?"
The animals stared at one another, and whispered, and gazed up and down the table as if they thought they might possibly derive inspiration from the dishes. Tommy and the ex-Pirate said not a word. Presently the Gopher repeated:
"When is a door not a door?"
But no one could guess, and after a few moments more of anxious and strained silence the Gopher said:
"I suppose I shall have to tell you. A door is not a door when it is ajar."