The animals are in the ark,
Save those which Shem now bringeth. Hark!
Hear ye the roaring and the bark?
(Loud roarings heard outside.)
(Enter Shem with procession of animals. Ham aids him drive the animals. First of all enters a solitary Dragon.)
Noah: Where is your mate, good Dragon? Tell me—where?
Dragon (with a mournful flap of his claw):
She is eating up the village over there.
She bade me ask how many there would be
Within the ark?
Noah: My sons, their wives and me.
Dragon: I cannot add.
Noah: In all there will be eight.
Dragon (mournfully):