Animals and humans personify the seven deadly sins: pride (the peacock), envy (the snake), sloth (the sloth), lust (the hedgehog), gluttony (the frog), wrath (the baboon), and greed (the human). This results in their doom as they are killed or captured and taken to market (where the killed animals are sold and survivors are enslaved). God sees the market and its evils, and tells an angel that he will destroy the world. An encounter with gentle, devoted Noah, who purchases the freedom of an enslaved man despite his own poverty, convinces him to give humanity one last chance.