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In the beginning earth was nothing but land. On the land grew trees that could grow to be thousands of feet high and hundreds of feet in diameter. The trees had really pretty flowers that grew out of them. As the flowers grew older and began to wither away they transformed into all the animals that would soon roam around earth to this very day. Above this land was a place made of clouds, it later would be called heaven. All the Gods and Goddesses lived within this cloud land that they soon would call heaven. They looked down upon earth through this bowl of what looked like the clearest water you have ever seen in your entire life. Through this crystal clear water they could see the animals on the land that they soon would call earth and how well they were living. Well, in this case how truly horrible they were living. As they looked through the crystal clear water they could see that the animals were dying as soon as they changed or shortly there after. The animals were dying off so fast because they couldn’t find enough food to survive the night let alone the next few minutes after their change. This caused them to be unable to maintain a healthy life. So, the Gods and Goddesses gathered together at the biggest pearl white table with golden trim you have ever seen. A nice gold runner was perfectly centered down the middle of the huge table and placed on top of that in the center of the table sat a clear vase with flowers that looked as if they were a burnt orange color. The burnt orangish colored flowers had smaller golden flowers amidst them to give them a little more pop of color and so it tied the rest of the room together. They sat around this table in these chairs that were unique to each God or Goddesses power. As they sat around this pearl white table in their personally designed fancy chairs they discussed what they could do to help the animals survive a tad bit longer. It took them what seemed like forever to make a decision but eventually they came to the conclusion that the eldest child of each God or Goddess was to be sent down to the land that they would soon call Earth. But before they were sent off on their journey, the eldest children were told to gather as much food as they possibly could in one night. Then they were directed to place the food in piles for the animals to find. After the children had returned to heaven the animals started to pick up the scent of the food piles. They followed each scent until they found and devoured each pile of food. The animals ate so much food that their stomachs were fuller than a rich mans wallet. After the children helped the animals of the land they would soon call Earth they did not seem to have anymore problems with the animals starving to death. The animals started living longer than the animals that were first falling from the trees and transforming into such beautiful and unique creatures. As the eldest children watched the land they would soon call earth from the bowl of crystal clear water and as the eldest children grew into adults they began to realize that they were going to have to help maintain the health of the land they soon would call earth. So, the children began having children of their own and those children would soon have children of their own as well. All of this took place after the eldest children made the decision to go back down to the place they would soon call Earth to continue helping it grow and develop. Thus you have millions, if not billions of people inhabiting the land they now would call Earth. They wanted to keep the animals from starving themselves again and the people who would soon inhabit the land they would soon call Earth also wanted to maintain the growth of the land they would soon call Earth. This birth cycle would continue to repeat itself until the day mother Earth takes her last dying breath. The children realized that once they were living on Earth that they had no form of shelter. They had no where to rest their heads or to protect them from bad weather. Some of the people started talking amongst themselves discussing ways to build shelter and some of the build came up with the idea to use the limbs and old trees that had fallen to make safe shelters for all of the people to live in. They used the mud that they made from the water that they gathered in any container they could find just laying around, then they walked up the road to the lake and gathered water from it and they also used the dirt from beneath their feet as the glue to hold the trees and limbs together to create the shelters they would soon call houses or better yet homes. Then, the people would not have to worry about the houses collapsing. The people managed to build houses that ranged from one story high to several feet tall. The children kept building house after house until they were certain that every person had a place to hide from the bad weather and a place for everyone to rest their head at night.

Every so often the Gods and Goddesses would gather once more around that big pearl white table, sit in those personally designed fancy chairs and discuss how the land the now call Earth is doing. They check to make sure that there is mainly peace among the people who inhabit the land that they now call Earth. They also make sure that their children are still caring for the animals and helping Earth grow and develop as they were determined to do when they set out on this journey many, many, many years ago.

June 04, 2020 00:59

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