In this Romanian folk version of the Noah story, getting the animals to march, two by two, onto the ark is the easy part–it was persuading his wife to come aboard that gave Noah a headache. And when he snapped, “Oh, you devil, come in!,” that gave the Devil himself just the invitation he needed. Once aboard, in the shape of a mouse, the Devil gnawed a hole in the ark, to sink it beneath the flood.
- ISBN: 9780618117543
- Author: Philip, Neil
- Illustrator: Brent, Isbelle
- Published: 2001 , Clarion Books
- Themes: Animals, Biblical figure, Christianity, Devil, Noah's ark
- Descriptors: Folklore and Fairy Tales, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Romania
- No. of pages: 32