Thursday, January 06, 2005
In The beginning
by easywriter
Copyright © 2005, by easywriter
This one is a little long, written at about twelve years of age it got me into trouble with my folks and Sunday school teachers. Thought I'd share it here.
God waited, watched the red-earth man as he grew, different from the other members of his family only in the fact that there was a straighter stance and a decidedly more inquisitive glint in his eye. This one thought God would be the one. Finally, there would be something or rather someone on this great, grand planet with whom he could speak and teach. God loved his creation and wanted someone else to love it too. The process of creating was at the most, experimental and he was pleased with the things his imagination had wrought. He reveled in the exercise of dabbling and tweaking, all required to bring those imaginings to life.
God, satisfied that all was well, turned his eye on Eve, a woman of another tribe; she thought of them as, the people. She too was just different enough to matter. He would have to contrive a meeting.
Adam was hunting. He left the camp before dawn following the course of the river to the narrowest part; this was where the animals came to drink as the day began to break. He knew each kind and their habits, formed sounds to name them so that he could keep them separate in his mind. He knew that the sound lion meant one beast and gazelle meant another. He knew that lions could eat him and that gazelles could be eaten by him. He was a good hunter. While Adam hunted, God planned.
He caused Eve to wander too far in search of plants that were good to eat. He caused Adam to discover and follow the strange tracks of an animal he had never seen before, they led away from the riverbank and back into the cool green of the trees. Exhausted and finally aware that she had lost her way Eve huddled in misery beneath a tree and mourned herself to sleep.
Adam too, had gone much further than was his wont and though he was a good tracker and unconcerned about finding his way back home he was tired. He did not find the animal he was seeking and the footprints were long vanished in the tangled undergrowth of the forest. There was still time, the day was barely broken and he already had his kill. The family would eat that day. He threw down the burden of meat from his broad, brown back and sat, silent in the shade listening to the sounds of the birds calling above him. Life was good and he drifted off. Lost in a dream, half-awake and half-asleep Adam heard a loud droning sound near his ear. He opened his eyes, alert at once and saw beside him on a tangled vine a Dragonfly huge and jewel-toned. It shimmered in his vision and then much to Adams fear and amazement it spoke. "Follow me Adam, I have a gift for you." Adam obeyed; he was too shocked not to. The Dragonfly flew before him a short way and hovered above a place where the growth had formed a small green cave.
"Look inside red-earth man. Your gift is there." Adam bent low and parted the leaves; before him laid upon the earth was the sleeping form of Eve. "A woman?" said Adam to God, "How can you give me a woman as a gift?"
"I wrought her over time; she is the culmination of all of my efforts as you are too. She is worthy of you and you are worthy of her. I desire you to take her as your mate. From you, shall all of the tribes of the world be strengthened and improved."
Adam, shook his head in puzzlement, "Who are you? What are you?" still unwilling to accept the woman under such strange circumstances.
"I am your God. You will worship me and love me. You will teach the generations that follow to obey me in all things." He sent his wings into an ecstasy of blurred movement as he said this and Adam watched, spellbound.
"Teach me then God, so that I can do as you ask." said Adam as he woke Eve gently, and soothed her. She was frightened at being roused in this strange place by this strange man for in her dreams she was already home and it jarred her to open her eyes and learn that this was not the case.
Adam did not know her people. She could not remember what direction she had traveled and because it was safer for her since she might never find her way home and because she loved the droning voice and bright colors of the Dragonfly. Since Adam was strong but seemed gentle too she accepted the offer to remain with him and to learn about God.
"God?"
"Yes Adam"
"When may we leave to return to my camp? We have been here for a long, long time."
"You will continue to stay here with me. There is still much to discuss. I have been lonely and long to talk." Adam nodded his head in understanding. He would not argue nor complain for the deep forest was much better and much richer than his former home and after all he had Eve too.
They discussed many things, God explained to Adam and to Eve how hard he worked on making all of the things that lived and grew or were formed beneath the earth. One day, when Adam and Eve were seated quietly talking of things with the Dragonfly Adam questioned him about the length of time it must have taken. "Six days, then I simply had to stop and rest. I wanted to enjoy the fruits of my labors."
Adam looked at God with more than a little skepticism and God chuckled over that, buzzing with hilarity.
"Time is relative Dear Adam, did you not know that? You may experience six days one way, but to me one day might be what you would experience as six million years or more. After all, creation could not be perfected with just one try and in six of your allotted days. I am still experimenting. I can't seem to stop." He buzzed with laughter once again.
Adam and Eve stared in wonder at God, mouths agape. "So that explains how when the night draws in and one of the children are sick the time seems to drag on forever. Yet in the clear light of day when the fever has broken and my child is playing again the time seems to slip away like shadows before the light," Eve slowly stated, still thinking as she spoke the words.
God smiled in reply and simply said. "That's it Eve, you've got it, as I said, time is relative." He tucked that idea regarding relativity away to place it in the mind of another when the time would be right
God waited, watched the red-earth man as he grew, different from the other members of his family only in the fact that there was a straighter stance and a decidedly more inquisitive glint in his eye. This one thought God would be the one. Finally, there would be something or rather someone on this great, grand planet with whom he could speak and teach. God loved his creation and wanted someone else to love it too. The process of creating was at the most, experimental and he was pleased with the things his imagination had wrought. He reveled in the exercise of dabbling and tweaking, all required to bring those imaginings to life.
God, satisfied that all was well, turned his eye on Eve, a woman of another tribe; she thought of them as, the people. She too was just different enough to matter. He would have to contrive a meeting.
Adam was hunting. He left the camp before dawn following the course of the river to the narrowest part; this was where the animals came to drink as the day began to break. He knew each kind and their habits, formed sounds to name them so that he could keep them separate in his mind. He knew that the sound lion meant one beast and gazelle meant another. He knew that lions could eat him and that gazelles could be eaten by him. He was a good hunter. While Adam hunted, God planned.
He caused Eve to wander too far in search of plants that were good to eat. He caused Adam to discover and follow the strange tracks of an animal he had never seen before, they led away from the riverbank and back into the cool green of the trees. Exhausted and finally aware that she had lost her way Eve huddled in misery beneath a tree and mourned herself to sleep.
Adam too, had gone much further than was his wont and though he was a good tracker and unconcerned about finding his way back home he was tired. He did not find the animal he was seeking and the footprints were long vanished in the tangled undergrowth of the forest. There was still time, the day was barely broken and he already had his kill. The family would eat that day. He threw down the burden of meat from his broad, brown back and sat, silent in the shade listening to the sounds of the birds calling above him. Life was good and he drifted off. Lost in a dream, half-awake and half-asleep Adam heard a loud droning sound near his ear. He opened his eyes, alert at once and saw beside him on a tangled vine a Dragonfly huge and jewel-toned. It shimmered in his vision and then much to Adams fear and amazement it spoke. "Follow me Adam, I have a gift for you." Adam obeyed; he was too shocked not to. The Dragonfly flew before him a short way and hovered above a place where the growth had formed a small green cave.
"Look inside red-earth man. Your gift is there." Adam bent low and parted the leaves; before him laid upon the earth was the sleeping form of Eve. "A woman?" said Adam to God, "How can you give me a woman as a gift?"
"I wrought her over time; she is the culmination of all of my efforts as you are too. She is worthy of you and you are worthy of her. I desire you to take her as your mate. From you, shall all of the tribes of the world be strengthened and improved."
Adam, shook his head in puzzlement, "Who are you? What are you?" still unwilling to accept the woman under such strange circumstances.
"I am your God. You will worship me and love me. You will teach the generations that follow to obey me in all things." He sent his wings into an ecstasy of blurred movement as he said this and Adam watched, spellbound.
"Teach me then God, so that I can do as you ask." said Adam as he woke Eve gently, and soothed her. She was frightened at being roused in this strange place by this strange man for in her dreams she was already home and it jarred her to open her eyes and learn that this was not the case.
Adam did not know her people. She could not remember what direction she had traveled and because it was safer for her since she might never find her way home and because she loved the droning voice and bright colors of the Dragonfly. Since Adam was strong but seemed gentle too she accepted the offer to remain with him and to learn about God.
"God?"
"Yes Adam"
"When may we leave to return to my camp? We have been here for a long, long time."
"You will continue to stay here with me. There is still much to discuss. I have been lonely and long to talk." Adam nodded his head in understanding. He would not argue nor complain for the deep forest was much better and much richer than his former home and after all he had Eve too.
They discussed many things, God explained to Adam and to Eve how hard he worked on making all of the things that lived and grew or were formed beneath the earth. One day, when Adam and Eve were seated quietly talking of things with the Dragonfly Adam questioned him about the length of time it must have taken. "Six days, then I simply had to stop and rest. I wanted to enjoy the fruits of my labors."
Adam looked at God with more than a little skepticism and God chuckled over that, buzzing with hilarity.
"Time is relative Dear Adam, did you not know that? You may experience six days one way, but to me one day might be what you would experience as six million years or more. After all, creation could not be perfected with just one try and in six of your allotted days. I am still experimenting. I can't seem to stop." He buzzed with laughter once again.
Adam and Eve stared in wonder at God, mouths agape. "So that explains how when the night draws in and one of the children are sick the time seems to drag on forever. Yet in the clear light of day when the fever has broken and my child is playing again the time seems to slip away like shadows before the light," Eve slowly stated, still thinking as she spoke the words.
God smiled in reply and simply said. "That's it Eve, you've got it, as I said, time is relative." He tucked that idea regarding relativity away to place it in the mind of another when the time would be right
Copyright © 2005, by easywriter
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