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Genesis 6–8

Noah an da Doontöm

At da start da wirld wis a perfect place – bit it didna lest lang. Men an weemin wir joost human an shön foo o faats. Dey kent richt fae wrang, bit kennin an döin wir twa different things. Da Göd Man pat up wi it fir as lang as he cood bit der cam a time whan da hale thing joost got oot o haand. So da Göd Man towt dat he wid hae ta pit an end tae it aa an start again.

Bit der wis wan aafil göd livin sowl caad Noah wha aye did whit wis richt. So da Göd Man telt Noah whit he wis tinkin. ‘A’m gyaan ta flöd dis place oot,’ he said, ‘an hoop it comes better da nixt time.’ So he telt Noah ta bigg a muckle boat dat wid hadd no joost his faimily bit twa o iviry livin thing as weel. Noah biggit da boat, an whan it wis feenished, an whan aabody an aathing wis in it, der cam da most aafil doontöm. Dis doontöm lested fir weeks on end till der wisna a bit o laand ta be seen.

Wan day da lift cleared. Dan Noah slippit oot a corbie bit it didna come back. So he slippit oot a doo an seein dat der wis naewhaar fir it ta laand it cam back. Twartree days later he slippit it oot again an dis time it cam back wi a bit o branch in its neb. A start later he slippit it oot again an it bed awa. Dan dey kent dat da flöd wid soon geng.

No lang efter dis, da boat wis apo dry laand an aabody an aathing got oot. Noah gied tanks dat dey wir aa been saved. Da Göd Man dan said dat dis wid nivir happen again. So he pat a rainbow i da lift ta shaa fock dat dis wid nivir befaa dem again, an dat der wid aye be voar an hairst, simmer an winter.