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Zerubbabel Baxter
by adewpearl
Zerubbabel Baxter (whose friends called him Zee) made plans with Tobias (whose friends called him Tee). They longed for adventure that only the sea could bring to these sailors, Tobias and Zee. Zerubbabel wanted to visit the East, the home of a serpent renowned as The Beast. But that's when Tobias said no to this quest, for Tee had his sights set on sailing due west. The West is located so far from the East, Zarubbabel worried he'd not slay The Beast, and if the Beast managed to stay in the sea, he'd eat all the starfish, no matter their plea, and no one loved starfish as much as did Zee -- "Too bad," said Tobias (whose friends called him Tee). They argued through midnight, then morning till noon -- soon stars turned to sunlight, then sunlight to moon. They never moved eastward and never moved west, for each remained stubborn and thought he knew best. Their ship remains anchored not far from the shore, but soon it will plunge to the ocean's deep floor, for all of this happened ten decades ago, and ships that are rotting will sink far below. Zerubbabel Baxter just wanted his way, Tobias did too -- Now the sea has its say. |
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Zerubbabel Ze RU ba BELL was an Old Testament character whom God entrusted to rebuild a destroyed temple. I am the story teller this week at my church's Vacation Bible School, where I learned the delightful name.
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