Otter, fox, fulmart also;

Hares hopping gaily, can ye

Have kail here for to eat.”

Presently also Noah’s wife, very scornfully laughing, showed her animals:

“And here are bears, wolves set,

Apes, owls, marmoset;

Weasels, squirrels, and ferret,

Here they eat their meat,”

she said.

Shem’s wife then went on with the list of creatures, first exclaiming at their number: