Building the Ark: Many years ago there lived a good man called
Noah, but everyone else in the world was very wicked. When God
saw the way the people behaved, He was very sad and angry. And
so God spoke to Noah and told him that He was going to send a
great flood to destroy all the wicked people on the earth. Noah
was to build an ark which was like a huge boat. It was to be big
enough to house his family and pairs of every living creatures!
Noah told his sons to go and cut trees down and saw them into
planks. "Is that enough, Father?" they asked. "No, we more and
more!" exclaimed Noah. And so they had to work hard for many,
many years cutting down trees, sawing them into planks and
building the ark! At long last it was finished, and then what a
job they had! They had to fetch seven of all animals that are
used for food, and two of every other kind of living creatures,
and bring them into the ark! Loading the Ark: There were bears
and elephants, parrots, and strange insects. They spent many
days getting them in