Forty Days: Neima's Ark, Book One - Plot & Excerpts
While Noah remains in his cottage all morning, unconcerned, my father and uncle argue over whether to leave the tiger outside the ark, where it—she—will antagonize the villagers, or bring her inside, where she will antagonize the other animals. Eventually they bring her in, and the instant squeals and grumbles, whimpers and moans, and even a few low growls from throughout the ark astound me. The animals seem to possess some innate sense, beyond hearing or smell or sight, that alerts them to the presence of a true predator. Even disregarding the tiger, though, the animals are clearly suffering from their confinement. Some pace and snarl in agitation; others appear listless and apathetic. I imagine that they, like me, are waiting for the slap-slap of the first raindrops against the ark’s wooden roof. I suspect that the echo of falling rain will dance beneath the ark’s high rafters, like a cacophony of eager footsteps; that it will sound nothing like the familiar hiss and sizzle of the raindrops disappearing into the thatched roof of our cottage.
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