And quarrels and dissensions came into the Ark. And confusion reigned.
And Noah lost count, and lost patience as well.
9-10. THE PROCESSION
But after much trouble order was established; and the mighty procession, once started, filed steadily in.
And they came from far and near: a great host of beasts and birds and creeping things:
9-10. THE PROCESSION (continued)
The big elephant and the polar bear, the giraffe and the striped tiger, and the woolly bison of the west.
And from the mountain and the jungle, the hill and the plain, came great and small.