The Loud Ark: Chapter 16 - Life on the Ark
It rained and rained and rained as raindrops continued pouring from the clouds of the heavens above for 40 days and 40 nights as the waves crashed in. All the people who have sinned alongside being cruel, wicked, and evil drowned in the flood along with every living thing that walks and breathes air have been washed away. The whole earth was covered with water, and even the highest mountains were covered. Only the Loud Ark carries all life on this earth and remains floating above the waters.
Lincoln, Sid, Ronnie Anne, and Clyde look out from the window of the Ark looking completely bored.
"It's still pouring out there!" sighed Sid.
"We know Sid it's been raining for the last 20 days or so," Ronnie Anne added.
"And three weeks too, we're on this ark stuck with each other, friends, family, the village-" replied Clyde only to be interrupted by a ringed tail swishing in front of his face which belonged to one of the Ring-tailed Lemurs surprising the kids. "And all these Animals!"
The four kids have noticed the animals gathering around them looking out the window too, including the Masai Ostriches, Angolan Giraffe, Nigerian Pygmy Goats, Giant Pandas, Llamas, Panamanian White-headed Capuchins, and African Forest Elephants.
Tinkerbell drew a chalk line on the wall marking a tally of how long they have been on the ark as she says, "Aslan did say it would rain 40 days and 40 nights well, that's only part of it."
"After the rain, the water would recede, we'll just have to wait," Lincoln replied.
"Then that means, there's only 20 more days left?" asked Sid.
"Of rain," Ronnie Anne Answered back. As they close the window.
Inside the Ark was full of activity with the people and the animals on board. The sounds of animals were heard, the trumpets of elephants, the roars of lions, tigers, and bears, braying zebras and donkeys, squawking parrots and toucans, the cackling laugh of hyenas, howling wolves, hissing of snakes and crocodiles, the hoots and hollers of apes and monkeys, and the croaking of frogs.
Lynn Sr. was sealing another leak with a pitch on the wall. Lynn Jr and Liam were dumping the dung and droppings out the window. Leni had a ladder with a stick of leaves balancing herself while feeding the giraffes. Lincoln, his family, friends, and the community Tended to each of the animals according to their needs.
Sam and Lana were feeding the pigeons, peafowls, and chickens while collecting the eggs. Lincoln was milking one of the cows as they were being fed by Lori while Sid and Adelaide fed the goats and sheep.
In the bottom deck, CJ and Carlota were feeding the Elephants and Mammoths as they picked up the leaves and hays with their trunks from the children.
"Alright, open wide!" said Zach as he and Rusty were feeding the hippos and rhinos who opened their wide mouths.
Stella was feeding the rabbits including her Rabbits, Snazzy and Jazzy while Ronnie Anne was feeding the birds including Sergio and Walt as a few of them perched on her.
Lana, Lucy, Fawn, and Tink were tending to the invertebrates including the insects, snails, slugs, worms, centipedes, millipedes, woodlouses, and arachnids even helping Carlos, Leni, and Lynn Sr. control their fear with the creepy crawlies
Rosetta, Vidia, Luna, Bobby, and Lola tended to each of the reptiles even though the Crocodiles and Alligators tried to make a snap at the fairies but they did not mind.
In the storeroom, Tinkerbell, Rita, and Rosa checked to see if they had enough food and water and were pleased that they still had enough. As they and the others feed the rest of the large animals
Lily, Carlitos, Tinkerbell, and Silvermist took extreme care not to get stepped on by the elephants, lions rhinos, and the other large animals.
The Ark was a peaceful place. There was no devouring one another as there were only about two of each. Every Creature lived in harmony with the people during this time.
Lincoln, Lori, and the others were feeding the predators lions, tigers, hyenas, bears, and wolves while Lisa, Carl, and Carlota fed the monkeys, lemurs, and apes.
And each of the animals responded in the hoots, growls, trumpets, snorts, grunts, squawks, chirps, squeaks, hollers, screeches, bellows, warbles, roars, cackles, hums, brays, neighs which were their language
The entire community helped take care of the animals and each other as for the people they played games and music to amuse themselves and cooked food for one another as the days came and gone.
Lola places some food for the Groundhogs in their Cage as a song begins. The Groundhogs hide as they take their food in and the monkeys including Hamadryas Baboons, Olive Baboons, Yellow Baboons, Chacma Baboons, Geladas, Mandrills, Drill, De Brazza's Monkeys, Japanese Macaques, Bonnet Macaques, Toque Macaques, Rhesus Macaques, Lion-Tailed Macaques, Crab-eating Macaques, Southern Pig-tailed Macaques, Black Crested Macaques, Barbary Macaques, Stump-tailed Macaques, Northern Pig-tailed Macaques, Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys, Black Snub-nosed Monkeys, Northern Plains Langurs, Gee's Golden Langurs, Francois' Langurs, Capped Langurs, Delacour's Langurs, Tarai Gray Langurs, East Javan Langurs, Eastern Mantled Guerezas, Ursine Colobuses, Angolan Colobuses, Zanzibar Red Colobuses, Western Red Colobuses, Proboscis Monkeys, Red-shanked Dousc, Silvery Lutungs, Dusky Leaf Monkeys, Vervets, Grivets, Patas Monkeys, Mona Monkeys, Diana Monkeys, Allen's Swamp Monkeys, Lesser Spot-nosed Monkeys, Red-tailed Monkeys, Sun-tailed Monkeys, Blue Monkeys, Roloway Monkeys, Collared Mangabeys, Black Crested Mangabeys, White-naped Mangabeys, Angolan Talapoins, Wolf's Guenons, Hamlyn's Monkeys, Ornate Spider Monkeys, Black-headed Spider Monkeys, Red-faced Spider Monkeys, Brown Spider Monkeys, Colombian Spider Monkeys, Golden Lion Tamarins, Bearded Emperor Tamarins, Cotton-top Tamarins, Brown Mantled Tamarins, Common Marmosets, Geoffroy's Marmosets, Pygmy Marmosets, Goeldi's Marmosets, Black-tailed Marmosets, Silvery Marmosets, Panamanian White-headed Capuchins, Bearded Capuchins, Tufted Capuchins, Golden-bellied Capuchins, Black Capuchins, Colombian White-faced Capuchins, Guianan Squirrel Monkeys, Black-capped Squirrel Monkeys, Red-backed Squirrel Monkeys, Brown Woolly Monkeys, Southern Muriquis, Brown Titis, White-Eared Titis, Venezuelan Red Howlers, Black Howlers, Mantled Howlers, Yucatán Black Howlers, Southern Brown Howlers, Bald-headed Uakaris, White-Faced Sakis, Three-striped Night Monkeys, Gray-bellied Night Monkeys, and Golden-bellied Mangabeys were climbing and swinging on the catwalk, ceiling and even on the people.
Singer: *Singing* Groundhogs hide and Monkeys climb
The Rabbits and hares include Arctic Hares, Snowshoe Hares, European Hares, Black-tailed Jackrabbits, White-tailed Jackrabbits, Iberian Rabbits, Sumatran Striped Rabbits, Eastern Cottontails, Desert Cottontails, Swamp Rabbits, Pygmy Rabbits, Volcano Rabbits, Cape Hares, Corsican Hares, Marsh Rabbits, Riverine Rabbits, Dwarf Rabbits, Dutch Rabbits, Mini Rex Rabbits, Holland Lops, and Flemish Giant Rabbits. ran and hopped and even hopped over the shells of the Tortoises and Turtles consisting of Indefatigable Island Tortoises, Aldabra Giant Tortoises, Saddle-backed Rodrigues Tortoises, African Spurred Tortoises, Leopard Tortoises, Bolson Tortoises, Gopher Tortoises, Desert Tortoises, Russian Tortoises, Pancake Tortoises, Red-footed Tortoises, Indian Star Tortoises, Radiated Tortoises, Asian Forest Tortoises, Hermann's Tortoises, Kleinmann's Tortoises, Marginated Tortoises, Angonoka Tortoises, Southern Painted Turtles, Red-eared Sliders, Yellow-bellied Sliders, Alligator Snapping Turtles, Common Snapping Turtles, South American Snapping Turtles, Central American Snapping Turtles, Suwannee Snapping Turtles, Eastern Box Turtles, Ornate Box Turtles, Florida Box Turtles, Northern Diamondback Terrapins, European Pond Terrapins, Painted Terrapins, Spotted Turtles, Arrau Turtles, Western Pond Turtles, Pig-nosed Turtles, Eastern Long-necked Turtles, Common Musk Turtles, Northern Map Turtles, Bog Turtles, Wood Turtles, African Helmeted Turtles, Spiny Turtles, Big-headed Turtles, Bornean Giant Turtles, Elongated Tortoises, Greek Tortoises, Pinta Island Tortoises, Irwin's Turtles, False Map Turtles, Indian Roofed Turtles, Mata-Matas, Chinese Softshell Turtles, Yangtze Softshell Turtles, Spiny Softshell Turtles, Asian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtles, Asian Giant Softshell Turtles, African Softshell Turtles, Leatherback Sea Turtles, Hawksbill Sea Turtles, Flatback Sea Turtles, Green Sea Turtles, Olive Ridley Sea Turtles, Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Red-bellied Short-necked Turtles, Madagascar Big-headed Turtles, and Roti Island Snake-necked Turtles.
And long-eared Rabbits run
With this bunch, I have a hunch
We'll have fantastic fun
The Spotted Hyenas were laughing near the Giraffes in their cage.
Female Singer: *Singing* Hyenas laugh at the tall Giraffes
Skinny legs and neck
The Toads include Cane Toads, Common Toads, Western Toads, Oriental Fire-bellied Toads, Golden Toads, Midwife Toads, Surinam Toads, Asian Yellow-spotted Climbing Toads, Starry Night Toads, North American Green Toads, Colorado River Toads were hopping with the Little kids like Lana, Lola, Meli, Darcy, Cricket, Adelaide, David, Lisa, and Carl joining in alongside the Kangaroos like the Red Kangaroos, Eastern Grey Kangaroos, Western Gray Kangaroos, Musky Rat Kangaroos, and Antilopine Kangaroos.
While Toads amuse the Kangaroos
With leapfrog up on deck
Everyone was with the Animals on the Ark including Couples like Lance and Sharon with the Black Sable Antelopes, Flip and Tammy with the Raccoons and Eastern Wild Turkeys, Rosa and Hector with the Southeast African Cheetahs and Spix's Macaws, Sam and Luna with the Caracals and Servals, Lynn Sr. and Rita with the Southern Ostriches and Reticulated Giraffes, Luan and Benny with the Laughing Kookaburra and Spotted Hyenas, and Clyde and Chloe with the Honey Badgers and Blue Peafowls.
Both: *Singing* Lincoln and his Floating Zoo
Sail the Ocean
Two by Two
Lori, Bobby, Ronnie Anne, and Lincoln were with a pair of African Bush Elephants forming an arch over the teens with their trunks and a pair of Hairy-headed Leaf Cutter Ants crawling on the Kids' Fingers.
From the Elephants to the tiny Ants
We all are friends on the Floating Zoo
On the perches, the Owls Hooted and screeched include Eastern Great Horned Owls, Eurasian Eagle Owls, Snowy Owls, Blakiston's Fish Owls, Barred Eagle Owls, Indian Eagle Owls, Great Grey Owls, Barred Owls, Northern Spotted Owls, Tawny Owls, Long-Eared Owls, Short-eared Owls, Spectacled Owls, Crested Owls, Brown Wood Owls, Spotted Wood Owls, Powerful Owls, Laughing Owls, Australian Boobooks, Striped Owls, Tawny-browed Owls, Common Barn Owls, Greater Sooty Owls, Lesser Sooty Owls, Australian Masked Owls, Boreal Owls, Northern Burrowing Owls, Northern White-faced Owls, Elf Owls, Eurasian Pygmy Owls, Eastern Screech Owls, Eurasian Scops Owls, Giant Scops Owls, Flammulated Owls, Northern Hawk-Owls, Jungle Owlets, Forest Owlets, and Little Owls.
Female Singer: Night Owls Hoot
The Cattle Mooed and Bellowed including Aurochs, Holstein Cattle like Bessie, Jersey Cattle, Hereford Cattle, Gayal, Highland Cattle, Texas Longhorns, Ankole Watusis, Spanish Fighting Bulls, Brahman Zebus, Fjall Cattle, Galloway Cattle, Heck Cattle, English Longhorns, and Western Finncattle.
Male Singer: And Cattle Moo
Dogs like Lalo, Charles, Fluffy, Pickles, Nelson, Buttercup, Big Tony, and Little Sal Barked and Howled with the other Dogs including Chinese Crested Dogs, Golden Retrievers, Labrador Retrievers, Dalmatians, Doberman Pinschers, Rottweilers, Old English Sheepdogs, Maremma Sheepdogs, Standard Poodles, Miniature Poodles, Border Collies, Rough Collies, Bearded Collies, English Bulldogs, French Bulldogs, Pug Boxers, German Shepherds, English Mastiffs, Bullmastiffs, St. Bernards, Irish Setters, Gordon Setters, Irish Wolfhounds, Great Danes, Italian Greyhounds, Airedale Terriers, Scottish Terriers, Jack Russell Terriers, Yorkshires Terriers, Miniature Bull Terriers, Brittany Dogs, Beagles, Bloodhounds, Bluetick Coonhounds, Afghan Hounds, Basset Hounds, Dachshunds, Hokkaido Dogs, Shar Peis, English Pointers, Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes, Pembroke Welsh Corgis, Shih Tzus, Pekingeses, King Charles Spaniels, Pomeranians, Chihuahuas, Beaucerons, and Salukis.
Both: And Dogs Bark right along
The Western Chimpanzees, Bonobos, Central Chimpanzees, Nigerian-Cameroon Chimpanzees, and Eastern Chimpanzees screeched and hollered while jumping up and down.
While Chimpanzees sing quite off-key
The Animals become an Orchestra with Fawn being the conductor.
In this happy song
Outside the Ark was drenched in the Storm as the Rain continued pouring down on the Roof and Outer Decks of the Wooden Ship floating above the Waters while everyone else was inside with their friends and families as Lincoln looked on with his Family seeing the Community and the Animals sharing the Same Boat.
Lincoln and his Floating Zoo
Sail the ocean
Two by Two
From the Elephants to the tiny Ants
We all are Friends on the Floating Zoo
Friends on the Floating Zoo
During that time, Lincoln would check if the rain would stop, but it just kept coming down. It rained for a whole month and then another week as they waited for the flood to dissipate.
Note: The Song Friends on the Floating Zoo comes from the Beginner's Bible Noah's Ark Cartoon.