It is no mean task to be an impromptu
zoo-keeper. Noah had
to be both mulish &
serpentine, both
dogged and amphibian;
& as strong as an ox,
& and as cunning as a fox.
As patient as a penguin,
& as tough as a rhino
ceros, & as insistent
as a bluebottle. So
by the time he'd gathered
all the animals he
could almost have
set off without them.