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: