FISH

[Keith Dean]

One day God calls down to Noah and
says, "Noah, I want you to make me a
new ark."
Noah replies, " anything
you want, oh Mighty One, you're the
boss!"
God continues, "But I want this to be a
very special ark, Noah. I want an ark with
not just a couple of decks, I want twenty
decks, one on top of the other."
"Twenty decks?" says Noah. "Okay,
Lord, whatever you say, you're the boss.
Should I fill it up with all the animals just
like last time?"

"Yes, that's right. Well, not exactly. This
time I want you to fill it up with fish," says
God.
"Fish?" says Noah.
"Yes, fish. And not just any old fish,
Noah. I want carp."
"Carp, oh Mighty One?" queries Noah.
"Yes, Noah. Just carp."
Noah looks to the skies, "Okay, God, let
me get this right, you want a new ark?"
"Correct."
"With twenty decks, one on top of the
other?"
"Correct."
"And you want it full of carp?"
"You've got it."
"Please," says the perplexed Noah, "may
I ask why, oh Lord?"
"Well," says God, "I just always fancied a
multi-storey carp ark."