NOAH'S FLOOD
(Taken in large measure from the play by Ranulf Higden of Saint Werburg's, Chester. A. D. 1299-1364.)
Scene I. The building place of the Ark.
(The three Sons of Noah enter and work upon the ark with hammer and nails, or any building tools. Occasionally comes a distant cry of, "Ho, ho! Ark-builders!" They look up impatiently. Presently some impish Children run in.)
First Child (jeeringly): Ark-builders, ark-builders, where is your wit?
Second Child: Ark-builders, ark-builders, when do you flit?
(Shem and Ham drop their tools and chase the children out, following them. Japheth continues his work at the door. Presently the children reappear, entering from the other side.)
Children (laughing merrily and pointing at ark): Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!
(Japheth goes inside and slams the door.)
Third Child: Ark-builder, ark-builder, come out again.