[as Jonah (Archibald Asparagus) is praying in his tent.]

A new message? Yes, wha-what's that? People being unkind? Lying? [gasps] Stealing? Oh dear, sounds like a standard turn and repent to me. Alright, name the town. I'll be on my way 1st thing in the morning. Where is it? Jericho? Damascus? What? Nineveh? I'm not aware of any Ninevehs in Israel. No, I don't think- Oh. [sees Nineveh on the map] You mean that Nineveh?

[off-screen; narrating]

That Nineveh wasn't in Israel at all. It was the capital of Assyria, and it was the biggest, meanest city around! Now the people of Nineveh were particularly mean to Jonah's people, the Israelites. They lied, they stole. But worst of all, they slapped people with fishes! [One of the Ninevites does so to a gourd.] They even slapped each other with fishes. [Two peas are shown doing just that.] They didn't know the difference between right and wrong. The Ninevites were so mean in fact, that most Israelites, including Jonah, wished God would just wipe Nineveh off the face of the earth! [A fire from heaven destroys Nineveh; leaving one pea. He rants before the fire destroys him too, off-screen; narrating] Needless to say, Jonah was shocked that God would want him to deliver a message to his enemies.

You don't want me to go there! You don't know what Nineveh is like! Perhaps you've never been there! Well of course you haven't! A God like you would never go to a place like Nineveh, and for that matter neither would a prophet like me. [laughs] Oh.