The Rain Kept Falling

28 The Rain Kept Falling Many long years ago, when the earth was young, people had a good life. But slowly, they started to do bad things. They fought, they stole, they lied, and they cheated. God was not happy. So, he decided that the only thing to do was to destroy everything and begin anew. There was one good man named Noah. God came to him and said, “ I am going to bring a flood of water over all the earth and drown everything that is here. You must build a big boat. When it is ready, take two of each animal into your boat-one male and one female. " Noah was a good man and did as he was told. He built a large wooden boat. The people laughed at him. They joked and made fun of Noah, saying, “ Why are you wasting your time with this boat? Have fun! Enjoy. Eat and drink and do not worry about anything. " But Noah kept building his boat. When it was finished, he loaded two of each animal into the boat. Of every animal on earth, he found two-lions, tigers, horses, sheep, cows and giraffes.

When the boat was filled with the animals, it began to rain. It rained, and rained for days and weeks. The water rose higher and higher all over the earth. There was nowhere for the people who had been evil to escape. Noah brought his family on the boat with the animals, and they were safe. The boat rose with the water. Soon, water was everywhere. It covered the highest mountains in the Himalayas, and no one survived except for Noah, his family, and the animals. The boat floated all over the earth. Noah feared they would never see dry land again. Then one day, he sent a dove out to fly over the water. Soon, it came back with a tree branch in its mouth. Noah knew that the waters were going down. Otherwise, how could the dove find a tree? Slowly, the water disappeared. Noah and his animals came back onto the new earth, and life began again. Humans were given a second chance to be good.