"The goose flock was still circling by the lake... They should have flown north."
"The beavers' dams had been washed away again and again. This year's currents were more savage than ever."
"The hibernating brown bears woke early and howled at the moon."
"The ancient redwood grove was transmitting abnormal electrical signals, while the termites' pheromone channels had been trembling continuously for ten days and nights."
"The humpback whales received vibrations from the mantle. In their whale-song memory banks, similar waveforms corresponded to the volcanic eruption sequence from the last mass extinction. They went mad, singing in the shallows as they charged desperately toward the beach, stranding themselves on shore one after another."
"Raven, Raven, do you feel it?"
"Yes, I do. The magnetic field is changing. This is a sign of disaster."
"What kind of disaster?"
"The Great Flood, a flood that will submerge everything. The glaciers will melt, and the sea surface will rise... Forty days of torrential rain will wash everything clean. Dark cloud is already gathering. This is nature's adjustment, but to us, it is a catastrophe."
"We can fly into the sky."
"That won't work. We will have to land eventually. The flood will submerge everything, and we will find nowhere to perch. We'll exhaust all our strength in the air."
"Then what should we do?"
"Driftwood. Find a sturdy piece of driftwood to serve as a foothold."
"Alright, I'll go find one now."
"Wait, it seems they're coming to help too..."
"Beaver, gnaw down a hundred Gopher Wood trees. Test their strength by slapping the Tree Trunks with your tail."
"Elephant, bring all the wood over. Only your tusks can carry it."
"Squirrels, mark all the hollow trees. We'll use them to provide buoyancy."
"Spiders, spin your silk. Entangle it together and