Now in those days word came to Florence that her brother Noah was building a great ark to rescue the animals of the Earth from a mighty flood. But when Florence heard that her brother planned to fill the vessel with all manner of animals of all sizes and diets, this did not seem good to Florence.
“Lo!” said Florence. “I shall build my own Ark, as insurance, since my brother’s plan is inefficient and must fail, dooming life on Earth. And I shall appoint a committee to discuss the cost-effectiveness of each type and kind of animal, that we be assured of survival.”
And the committee was called, and long were its discussions of the animals of Earth. For some were small but had mighty appetites, which meant excessive cargo, while others, of more modest appetites, were nonetheless so large that such animals and the fodder thereof would have been too great for any such enterprise to succeed.
In the fulness of time, the committee presented Florence with a report. And reading through the bullet points about efficiency of housing and compactness of fodder, Florence saw that the report was good. Then and only then did she set in motion her plan, according to the report of the committee, ordering many cubits of gopherwood. And being constructed by a more efficient plan than that of Noah, the building of her Ark was accomplished quickly, and the ship stood ready when the rains came. And Florence, calling “Bon voyage!” to her brother and his inefficient zoo, set forth on her own Ark, with her wise committee.
Thus Florence and her crew lived comfortably, for there was ample room aboard their Ark, constructed along the lines of logic and committee study. And, as the committee with great wisdom had decided that the most efficient creatures to feed and house aboard a ship of gopherwood was termites, no one heard ever again of Florence’s Ark.
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