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( animals chittering )

It's Noah who stopped the rain from falling. And it's Noah who sent the animals! ( shouting )

Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill.

Who brought all this in? Father must've made a call upstairs. He's always saying the Lord will provide.

I see He also provided the shovels. ( groans ) ( villagers yelling )

Noah! Noah! Let's get him!

Noah's behind it all! Kill him! Ham! Shem, where's Father? Father?

Noah's behind it all. Kill him! What's the matter? Your animals came through our

village. They didn't come through it, they came over it. Yeah!

We're sorry about that. My husband will speak to them. They trampled it. Now we'll flatten you.

( tiger growling )

Come on, who's scared of one mangy tiger? ( lion growls ) What about two mangy lions?

( growling )

It isn't fair, getting the animals to come here. Destroying our homes, our fields, our crops.

What crops? I don't understand. What are all these animals doing here? They've come for the ark.

You're all mad. The animals, too. They know they'll be safe once the rains come.

What rain? It hasn't rained for years! Where's the rain? Where's the rain? Where's the rain? Where's

the rain? It's coming. Not one cloud. So where's the rain? Where's the rain?

Where's the rain?

Where is it?

( rain pattering )

It's not wet. It burns like fire.

It's burning me. ( cheering )

It's burning. Why me? It burns!

It's burning me. What's wrong with ya? ( laughing ) ( screaming )

Noah, when God makes it rain, how does He know how long to make the rain last? He knows. This is to last

forty days and forty nights, so we have to be ready to ship out. I think "cast off" is the

expression, Noah. Are we taking anyone else on board, Father? I've had a word with the

Lord. We're to take only Miriam, Ruth, and Esther. No one else. That sounds good.

( screaming )

Father!

( screaming continues )

Now. Get the girls. Hurry. Come on.

Save me! Oh, God! ( coughs ) Save me. Oh, God.

Follow him.

I'm not going without my mother. I'd like to, but Father says no.

Damn your father and damn you. We're leaving now. I'm staying.

Take her, Ham. I'm not going.

Hurry. Hurry! What happened?

What happened to you? Shem! No! Shem! Oh.

Help me. ( groans ) Ruth. Ruth! Come on. Come on, help.

Up. ( groans ) Get her. Get-- let me. You're late.

I know.

Raise the ramp, lads!

Lord, is it the end? It isn't even the beginning of the end. However much you've learned, remember you haven't

finished the first page. The flood isn't big enough or deep enough yet to drown this wide world. And see the power of the

Lord God Almighty!

( yells )

( screaming )

What are you doing?

I'm doing what I think is best, dear. What are you going to do with these?

I'm going to throw them overboard, dear. I am going to get rid of all the little nasties. The tarantulas, the

giant cockroaches, the mosquitoes, the tapeworms. Who wants tapeworms? The ark would be a better place without them.

The world would be a better place without them.

It's not for you to judge, Mother. That's the Lord's job. He sees a use for them. Otherwise He wouldn't have saved

them. They're part of His almighty scheme of creation. You mustn't tamper with it.

We destroy one species. What about the ones who live off them?

They're destroyed, too. And on and on. Everything has a purpose.

I knew you would say something like that. Everything is worth being saved.

Even these?

Whoa, uh. Sh-- ( groaning ) Shemi? What?

More. ( exasperated groan ) God.

What?

Japheth's always had a problem with work. He doesn't do any, so he never knows when to finish. Hey, Japheth! Come here,

give us a hand.

Come on. I hate sloppy work. Yeah, this is sloppy. Is this what the Lord God

saved us for? Shoveling?

Well, I was frightened. The door was locked. They couldn't get in. No.

No, the storm. ( laughing )

Where're the girls? Cooking breakfast. I wonder how they spent the night.

Shem, I thought I'd go and comfort Ruth last night. I had the same idea about Miriam, but the door was locked.

That's Father.

( groans )

Hello. Hey, Ginger. Come on, here. ( mimics chicken clucks ) Hello.

Breakfast.

Why don't you meet me on deck tonight? Your father wouldn't like it. What he doesn't know won't

hurt him. He won't like it and nor will I. Mm.

( tiger growls ) No.

And the fox shall lay down with the lamb. Let's just hope they don't fancy lamb on the bone for

dinner. Look how gentle they are with each other.

I wonder why God doesn't make another earth with people, if He doesn't like this one.

If we had fur like the animals, instead of skin, we wouldn't have to wear clothes.

Hello there!

Father, Mother! Hello! Hello. Ruth.

Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello there.

( laughing )

It's a fine wee boat you have here. Yes, yes indeed. Do you need anything? Pots,

pans, sharp knives? Dresses for the ladies? And I'm running a special this week on Marigold Wonder Mixture.

We've met before, peddler! We have? We met before. Yes, we bought pots and pans.

And hats, remember? Hats. Hats for the family.

Well, another satisfied customer. Then you know that you always get value for money. My goods

are guaranteed to last a lifetime. So, I'll come aboard, if I may, Skipper. Just for trading purposes only.

Stay where you are. We'll be right down.

Have a taste. One swallow, it'll make a new man of you. ( gasps )

Maybe two new men. Guh. Good, huh? Smooth. It is purely

medicinal? Oh, of course. Absolutely, without a doubt, no question. Trust me. Take a crate or two.

It's beautiful. I'm going to find-- Try me. I want to find a dress.

What would you like in return? We don't have any money. Nobody has. It's useless. Just shows you what state of

affairs we've come to nowadays. Money's lost it's value. It's horrible. Horrible. Not like the old days. Money defined what we

were. I was a merchant.

Now I'm a peddler. I peddle one thing for another. Ah, what a fall is this.

So what do you want instead of money? Food. Water. There's more than enough water about, but

some of it's getting salty. Food and drinking water.

Done.

Percy, there's nothing for you.

Oh, I think I can find something for the little fellow.

Okay, all right. Is that everything? Have you got everything? Has he got everything?

Make sure he's got some food and water. Bye. Take care.

Thank you, peddler. Take care. Be safe, peddler. We'll see you again.

All right. Bye. Bye, safe trip. Come back and see us.

I'll try. I'll try. I love my bracelet. Take care!

Good-bye!

Ruth.

( screaming )

I'm glad we're together. I love you, Miriam. I love you, Shem.

Well, let's do something about it. We can't. No, we must. We're going to

be on the ark a very long time.

Ah. You were kissing. You were kissing. No, no, I wasn't kissing her,

Father. I was just whispering in her mouth.

( barks ) ( laughs )

( quacks ) ( laughing )

We're going to have trouble keeping them apart. It's natural. Well, natural or not, God has

made certain rules for this trip. One of them is no sex. No procreation amongst the animals or humans.

How are we going to stop the animals? We don't need to. God has seen to it. He's stopped their

urge for it.

What about our urges? Well, we have to stop them ourselves, it seems.

Well, God created us so He should know that this is not going to be so easy. We have to watch out for

them, my dear. You mean the boys. But what about us? What about-- qhat about our urges?

Well, I think we are mature enough to control them when we need to. And I'm afraid we need to.

What is that you're drinking? Marigold Wonder Mixture.

Purely medicinal.

Is this going to be a long voyage? Very long. Oh, dear.

( various animal sounds )

I want you to gather around and pay attention to what I have to say. They're coming, Noah. They're

coming. ( laughing ) Shh. God has given us certain

rules and we must obey them. I thought they were your rules, Father. They sound like you.

No, they're the Lord's. Your father's just passing them on. At least I hope you are and they're not your rules.

What are the rules for, Father Noah? They're to protect you girls. I can protect myself.

One of the most important rules, for those who are late, is that there be no procreation before we reach dry land.

Yeah, that's a good one. And it's very sensible. Otherwise we'd be overrun with babies.

Oh, I'd love to have a few babies about the place again. We haven't enough supplies. That's why the Lord God stopped

the animals from doing what comes naturally to animals.

( snickering )

Did you say something, my dear? No. You're saying it all. Very badly. Oh. Yes.

( laughing )

( chanting )

Attack! ( cheering ) What's the rush? He's got my daughter. She's

all I've got left in the world, now that her poor, sainted mother's gone. Besides, look at the size of

that thing. With that ship we could rule what's left of the world. Attack! The captain won't like it.

I don't care what that lily-livered, weasel-gutted scum likes. I'll deal with him. Get the captain.

( grunts )

Attack!

Better be ready. Well, they might be peaceful. ( yelling )

Kill him. Kill him now!

Finish him off!

( gasps )

I'm always being cheated out of what's mine.

And this one I could win.

Attack. Attack.

( cheering )

Yes! Yes!

Yay!

What is it you want? Noah! It's Lot. Your old friend Lot! It's Lot!

He has gone to the dogs. Did Naamah say I've gone bad? Something like that.

She's right. I've come a long way since Sodom. It's all been downhill and I've loved every minute of it.

( cheering ) I'm taking your ship, Noah.

Why? So when they ask me what I did in the Great flood, I can say "I survived."

( cheering ) That's our ship! Yeah! It belongs to the village!

And you stole it. We built it! We did! We built it. Not you. And he stole it!

Surrender, Noah. No one will get hurt. I promise. The Lord won't allow it. Then take your chances, old

friend. In that case, do your worst.

Take that ship!

( pirates cheering )

Get out of my way. Out! Give me that rope. Move!

Get up here! Take them, men. Take them.

What are you throwing? The bread rolls I made yesterday.

Oh! I'm hurt!

Get him.

( gasps ) ( roars ) ( screams )

It's not over, Noah. We have to live.

( cheering )

Drive the animals off. Use the fire! Fire! Fire!

Fire.

Fire!

Fire, brothers!

( gasping, coughing )

The army of the Lord is on our side! Lord? Lord?

( thunder crashing )

( screaming )

( laughing maniacally )

Is there no one left but us, Lord? No one?

It's going to be so hard. Destroying mankind has not been an easy matter for Me, either.

If mankind was so bad, Lord, why didn't you populate the world with angels? The trouble with angels is,

though they can't deteriorate, they can't improve. Humans, on the other hand, can deteriorate, yes, but they can also improve.

And they haven't. I don't want to make the same mistake twice. So I might decide to make a clean sweep.

You mean all of us? I'm afraid so. But, Lord, I've followed You with all my heart and all my

soul. At least spare Naamah and the young ones. Take me, Lord. Take me. It's always all or nothing

with me, Noah. It doesn't seem fair. Life isn't always fair. But I haven't decided yet. I must

think this over carefully. So I won't be available for some time. And that leaves us...

On your own. You'll just have to get through it somehow. Without Me. Lord. Lord!

( whistles ) Come here.

Tell me you can see something in this fog. Can't we steer around it?

We could if we had any steering. But to have any steering, you need a rudder, which we haven't got.

I hate the silence.

Hello! Hello! Hello!

Over the last few weeks, I've had a terrible thought. I have hundreds.

I think maybe we're going around in circles.

Well, how could you know that? Everything looks the same. So, where are we? Up the creek without a

rudder. If we only had markers.

What about these?

If we see them again, we'll know we're going around in circles.

( laughing )

We definitely should have a rudder. We could be going around in circles. Father knows how clever I am.

So do I, Shem. Do you remember that time when I tried to talk you into buying me a dress, and you almost talked me

out of the one you were wearing? I'm trying to have a serious conversation here, do you mind?

Father should listen to me more. He never listens to anybody except God.

What do you think, hmm?

( gasps ) Ow. You don't have to do this. I believe in sharing the

work. I'd like us to share something else. Whoa!

( gasps ) ( laughs ) Hey! ( gasps )

Hey!

Look! See what you made me do? You could have fallen. No, look!

Look! There. There! Straight ahead!

Noah? Noah? Look, we've reached land.

It's so beautiful.

It's paradise.

That was a nasty trick, fooling us like that.

Perhaps it was some kind of joke.

Nobody laughed.

It was terrible today, thinking we'd reached land. Oh, my back. It's all this water. It gets into the bones.

The young ones took it badly. You should've cheered them up. Cheered them up? How? With a song and a dance?

A few sprightly jests? Why not? You can be very funny. During that last storm, you said it was so windy,

the zebras were gluing on their stripes. That was a good one. Your sons don't often see

that side of you. I'm the captain. I have to put on a show of sternness. It's expected. Especially now that

the Lord's gone temporarily missing. Naamah? Hmm?

Do you believe in the Lord? Yes. He saved us. Though I sometimes wonder for what.

And our sons? Do they believe in Him? I hope so. But if they don't, it's only because you do.

You didn't answer my question. What question is that, my dear? What has God gone away to

think about?

Whether to destroy us all or not.

Ham, Shem.

Come on.

What's that?

Another mirage. A trick of the sun. No, no. It's a cloudy day. Could be somebody trying to

attract attention.

There. There. There. What? What is it? Look, there.

Who threw my bottles overboard?

We did, Father. Weeks ago.

Thanks to your idiocy, we're going around in circles! In circles!

What're you doing?

What we should've done in the beginning! Making a rudder.

I'm gonna use the door and fix it to this pole. We'll help. Your father won't allow it.

We're not going round in circles for the rest of our lives! You're right.

No rudder!

( grunting )

I'm all wet. You should be ashamed of yourself, Noah. Fighting like a ten-year-old.

He was going to build a rudder against the Lord.

Lord, it's been so long since we spoke. But there's no reason to forget us. My sons rebel against my authority. And that

means against Your authority. I can't allow that. But it's hard. I understand why they speak against me. We don't sail on and

on, but round and round. It's making us all dizzy. Is there a deeper purpose? Speak to me, Lord.

Say something. Even if it's only good-bye.

I'm a dreamer. Aren't we all? That's why the ordinary people love us.

We bring a little joy into their gray, humdrum lives.

If I lift my nose this high, will I get a double chin in the back of my neck?

They've all gone mad, I can tell. You have to get up pretty early in the morning to fool me. Yes, about twelve noon. The

only thing that stays in your head is a cold. You can't count up to twenty without taking your shoes off. You have to step out

of your mind to get an idea. If you don't show some more respect, I'll eat you for breakfast.

If you had more sense, you'd be a half-wit.

Children, we are here today to talk things out. Your father would like to say a few words. I was thinking about my old

friend, Lot. If he was alive today, he'd be a very rich man. ( bird chirping ) Keep the noise down.

Noah, what's the matter? I feel like a man jumping with both feet into his left trouser leg. What do you think,

Japheth? Nothing. That's why it was so good. Sometimes I don't know what I'd

do without you, but I'd rather. Oh, my dear. You're not yourself. Then who am I?

( bird continues chirping ) Keep the noise down! I think you better rest. Shiver me timbers, down

spinnaker, up the main brace. All hands on deck. ( whistles )

I draw the line. I draw the line. It's this far and no further. The sky.

It's bleeding.

It's bleeding.

I win, I win. Crown me with laurel leaves. Put sauerkraut in my hair. I'll take care of him. You

boys will have to run the ark. Ham, you're the eldest. You're in charge. I won't let you down.

My room. My room!

I have a ship to command.

There's youth at the helm now. New blood. New ideas.

Lead us, sir. We're with you. Well said. We're behind you. Take us home, Captain. There will be no more

rudderless circles. No more aimless wanderings. Well spoken. He's our man. We're with you.

We're sailing home. You take us there, sir. You're leader. That's our captain.

You're our leader, sir.

Aye, aye, Captain. Take us home, captain. Damn their eyes. This is mutiny.

♪ Here's to the soldiers ♪ ♪ And their arms, draw near ♪ ♪ Draw near ♪ ♪ Here's to the women ♪

♪ And their charms, draw near ♪ ♪ Draw near ♪

♪ Here's to the mare ♪ ♪ And the hen, draw near... ♪

There's monsters under the bed. I'm leaving.

Who's been cremating toadstools? I won't stand for it. Silence when you speak to the captain.

You old fool. Nobody's listening. Curl up and die.

Your day's done. You go eat grass. You're old.

R.I.P. R.I.P. R.I.P. I'll see you all, full fathom

five, you ungrateful sons and daughters of perdition. ( hissing ) I cast you out!

Over the side with him! I'm ready for you. I know mutiny when I see it. Heave his carcass off my

ship. I'm not so mad as you think. So show me what you got. Come on. I'll twist you into

pretzels, the lot of you. Come on. Come on.

The Lord God Almighty is five feet tall. He's short. I've seen him. Naamah?

What're you doing? My name is not Naamah. I'm the will of the Lord. We do, do, do, do... what we must, must,

must, must, must until we bust, bust, bust, bust. Mother, you need to get some rest.

What I need is two birds with one stone. Remember, never let the cat of the bag before it's been skinned.

Thank you, Pegasus. Two legs are just not enough for a woman like me to keep her balance. Go to your room now.

What do we do? Charge her. With what? Throw that damn grapefruit

away. We do, do, do, what we must, must, must, must, must until we bust, bust, bust...

Please. We've got to stop her chanting. It sounds awful. We do, do, do what we must, must must...

Naamah... Until we bust, bust bust... Naamah, what are you doing? We do, do, do, do, do...

What are you doing? What we must, must, must, must, must... Got it!

Gently. Gently. No! No, no. Take her below. Run, run, run for your lives!

And put her to bed. It's the hobgoblins. It's the hobgoblins! Careful. Gently.

It's the hobgoblins! Lord, we need you now more than ever. But still you stay away and let us drift. We need a

sign. Give us a sign.

How's Mother? Better. She's too miserable to speak. We all are. What do we do?

What can we do, 'til the Lord gives us a sign? What about making a rudder?

I'm not too old to have learned something over these past months. I won't try to stop you if you think it'll help.

It won't. Whichever way we travel, north, south, east, or west, it'll make no difference.

There's nothing out there but water.

We'll wither and die here.

Ghosts on a ghost ship.

I've asked the Lord to give us a sign.

Go and find dry land.

There. You're home again.

Lord, how long have we known each other? Long enough for me to be able to say, "Is this any way to rule your world? You show

us no mercy and drive us mad. Tell me what I'm doing on this earth of yours?" My silence is always for a

good reason, Noah. Lord, is that You? Yes. It's been so long since we

spoke. Did You decide what to do with us, Lord? It was a difficult decision. I would've liked a second

opinion, but who could I ask? I'm sorry, Noah. I've decided to make a clean sweep. It was wrong right from the start, when Adam

sinned in Paradise. Oh, no. Mankind created a world robbed of salvation and filled

with blood. Where good and evil have become one. The ark and all those aboard it will be swallowed into oblivion's deep.

It is, in the end, a little thing. A going out through a door into Paradise.

( whistling ) What then, Noah? No pleas for mercy? No tears? No cries?

What are you doing, Noah?

Noah? I'm not worthy of giving You my tears, Lord. Instead I'm whistling. That's

all.

Whistling? You're whistling?

Ah, Noah. Ah, Noah.

( laughing )

Ah.

Noah.

Noah. You've touched my heart once again.

I'll spare you and this world of yours. One last chance, Noah. One last chance. Thank You. Thank You, Lord,

for all the grace You've shown to me. And tomorrow, I will give you a sign. Send out a bird.

I have sent one. I sent out a raven. A raven is a bird of ill omen. Noah, send out a dove.

You're not trying again with a bird, are you?

The Lord is returned to us. I didn't notice He'd been away. He has. That's why we

fell into madness and despair. I'm still in despair. We all are. And it's not like me. I'm usually quite a

cheery person. It'll change. Trust me. Father, you once gave me two pieces of advice. You said,

"Never go to bed with a woman who has more trouble than you," and "Never trust a man who said 'trust me.'"

I don't remember saying that. But trust me as I trust the Lord God.

Mother.

You shouldn't be out yet. I wanted to get some fresh air. How're you feeling, Mother?

I'm feeling much better. Good. The Lord told me to send forth this dove to see if it will return with a sign.

Then just don't talk about it, do it.

What do you think?

It couldn't be worse.

Where's the harm?

Noah, Mother's right. Do it.

Go.

It's back.

It's back! Ruth! Mother, Father! All of you! It's back!

Stay there, stay there. Good bird. Good birdie.

Shh. I gotta get it. I have it. I have it. Back, get back.

I had it. Why did you get in the way? Yes, you got in the way.

Thank you. I've got her.

Oh, see? She's found land.

Look.

Look at that.

Hey! Hey! Hey! Whoo!

Hey, hey, hey! ( cheering )

They're so happy to see you up and well, my dear. Oh, I missed you all, too. Isn't it wonderful? The

Lord has decided to spare us. He isn't going to destroy us after all. But of course He isn't.

Well, you seem to have taken it quite calmly. As if you expected it all along. But I did.

( splashing )

Seeing anything?

Not a thing.

Ham, do you think there's anything out there that wasn't there before? Yes, there's hope.

But is there land? If there is, we'll find it.

That's what I've always liked about you.

You like me for something, then. You always sound so confident, even when you're

wrong. ( laughs )

Japheth?

Shem!

What is that?

( laughing )

The Lord has saved us as He said He would.

We must give Him thanks. Come. Ham. No, Father. We haven't time

for that. We haven't?

Run. Run! Get back! Run!

Get back! Get back! Go, go, go!

( yelling )

( ark creaking )

We've landed.

We've landed! We've landed!

Hello! ( voice echoing )

Hello!

The Lord says, "Go forth and multiply."

Ham, you have something to tell us?

They want to leave.

It's not that we don't love you. We do.

But it's time to fly the nest. It's only natural.

( playing music )

That seems to be the lot, Father.

Anyone else? Any more? This is it. Wake up! Nothing left.

I think we got them all. That's empty. No, wait.

You almost overslept.

Oh, I wonder if the animals will still be our friends. Yes, if we treat them as friends.

Dozy dormice.

There are no priests or men of God here except me. So as captain, I'll perform the marriage ceremony.

What is the ceremony, Father? I don't know, I'll just... Oh, what was the one we had, Noah?

That was some years ago. Let me see. Hmm. Well, I think I remember the most important parts of it.

Oh, good. Sons and daughters, will you behave with decency and with honor? Will you respect

each other? Will you love each other in good times and in bad times? We will.

Good, good. That's it?

I don't think the Lord would object to that.

You take care of him.

Shemi.

Will they be all right?

They're young. It's an adventure.

Noah?

I was just thinking of all that happened, Lord. Yes?

Some of it can be told in words. Others in silence only.

Perhaps I went too far.

I am one, eternal, perfect. But I can be wrong.

Don't ask Me to explain, Noah.

I saw humanity destroyed and I know that is not the way. I need man as much as man needs Me. We fulfill each other.

So there has to be a covenant between us, one with another.

I will not raise My hand. Even if the earth is given over to the wicked?

I will keep silent. And not destroy. Thank you, Lord.

Mankind is more than capable of destroying itself, Noah. It doesn't need any help from Me.

( music playing )