Debra Doyle, James D. MacDonald

“Are you sure that's Val?""No," said Freddie. "It's Lassie in a wolf suit.”

“It doesn't pay to ignore warnings. Even when they don't make sense.”

“If Mr. Castillo had been in charge of building the Ark, Noah would have wound up with a boat the size of the New Jersey.""It still wouldn't have been big enough for all those animals," said Freddie. "Honestly, Freddie," I said. "Don't you know a joke when you hear one?""Sure," he said. "Just the same, Val, with the few people the Ark had aboard, there wouldn't be enough of them to shovel all the-"I threw a pine cone at him and chased him back to camp.”