Bible Blossom - Storyteller's Handbook

C REATION AND THE F ALL • 47

Setting

• The earth • The ark • Mount Ararat • The Lord • Noah • Noah’s family

Major Characters

Noah sends out a dove

Plot

Introduction and Rising Action 1. Humanity becomes so evil that God regrets that he made them. 2. He decides to flood the world and wipe it clean. 3. By grace, he chooses Noah and his family as the lone survivors. Climax 4. He commands Noah to build a boat (the ark) that will house his family along with two of every kind of animal. 5. The Lord floods the world and every living thing dies except those in the ark. Falling Action and Resolution 6. Once the rains stop, Noah sends out a dove to see if the ground is dried. When the dove brings back an olive branch, he unloads the ark. 7. God puts his rainbow in the sky with a promise that he will never again destroy all life with a flood.