諾亞蓋方舟,可是動物們可不是一對一對地來,他們先是一個一個地來,然後兩個兩個地來,然後三個三個地來,然後....一直到十個十個地來,接下來就是基督教聖經裡的故事了──下大雨。
說故事技巧:
作者以歌的方式寫文,書末也附上了歌譜,可以唱給孩子聽。不過,因為作者寫動物們上船的句子和《The Ants go Marching》(這是Barney的簡單版,但曲調是完整的)的歌詞相似,因此配著唱也有趣:
The animals came in one by one,
and Japheth played the big bass drum.
The animals came in two by two,
the alligator lost his shoe.