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Michael
stares into the campsite |
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What does he see? |
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It is a small tepee of twigs and they catch on fire |
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Michael leans over and blows it out |
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It is now burnt black at the top |
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But the bottom half is still good wood |
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We all continue staring at the tepee |
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And now we see an original American doing a dance in front of the
teepee |
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I hear the drums |
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I see people come gather |
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They have heard the call of the drum and they have heard the song
of the dancer |
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They all come and gather |
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I see women with baskets under their arms |
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They are all waiting to hear what the story is |
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Why is the man dancing and calling to them |
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Why is the drum calling to them |
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What will they be told? |
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And they settle down |
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They seat themselves and wait for their fellows
To also arrive
and seat themselves |
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So that the story telling may begin |
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And finally the dancer stops |
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He is standing behind a tall drum |
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The drumming continues in the distance but dims |
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The people are all assembled seated on the ground looking up at
the man |
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He has called them |
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They know he has something to tell them |
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They do not know what it is but they are certain |
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That the story will have been worth their stopping what they were
doing |
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And coming over |
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For he would not have called them otherwise |
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The crowd waits patiently |
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Their patience is great |
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And then Michael leans over and blows gently upon the man |
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The air ruffles his hair |
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A hush of expectancy settles on the crowd |
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They felt that something happened |
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They saw that the man had been blessed – before their eyes! |
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Yes – what he is to say is Truth and must be listened to |
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For the gods have blessed him |
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The man starts pounding rhythmically and slowly and steadily on
his drum |
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Not too loud |
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And he continues |
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And then he lifts up his voice to the heavens in song |
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And he sings |
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And he begins by singing of the Creation of the World |
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How the gods assembled and created their beautiful home |
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And how then the gods populated their home with the topography |
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The mountains, the rivers, the plains |
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And then the gods waited for a long time |
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And then the gods populated their home with vegetation |
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Trees and plants and flowers and fruit of all kind |
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And how the gods placed fish into the sea |
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Fish that would be good to eat |
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And yes, then the gods, after a period of rest, reassembled |
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And created the mighty animals and placed them on their home |
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The majestic animals that were companions to man |
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And then the gods returned home and rested some more |
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And then the gods returned to earth for their final crowning
touch |
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The gods created and placed man, woman, and child upon the Earth |
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And yes the gods were pleased |
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They looked at the sum totality of all that the planet Earth was |
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And were very pleased indeed |
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For the Earth was abundant, abundant with Life |
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Joyfully, generously abundant |
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Providing for all that was on it |
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Everything and everyone would be sustained by the planet |
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It was whole and it was complete |
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And the gods returned home |
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Satisfied and proud of themselves |
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They had created something beautiful, something good |
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And the gods remained home and did what gods do |
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Created more planets – who knows |
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We do not know what gods do when they are not here |
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And life on this planet flourished |
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And the abundance continued for the gods had created well |
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And all were provided for |
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And now dark storm clouds come across the sky |
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The drumming gets louder and louder |
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The clouds darken and lightning bolts strike out from the clouds |
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What does this mean? |
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Are the gods angry |
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No, these are not the gods |
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These are others |
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They have powers but they do not have the creative powers of the
gods |
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These beings are jealous of the beautiful Earth the gods have
created |
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These beings wish to destroy this planet |
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And they set forth a plan to do just that |
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Their plan will take a long time |
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A very long time |
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For what has been created by the gods |
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Cannot be undone overnight |
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But these beings are determined |
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They form their plan; they finalize it; they organize it |
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And they organize themselves |
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And some of these beings remain in their realm
To destroy the
planet from without |
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And many of these beings incarnate on the planet
To destroy it
from within |
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And these beings will come to our shore soon |
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Says the drum |
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Ages have passed; they are now ready |
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They are ready to begin |
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And they will begin on our home, on our continent |
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They will begin on the continent that was given to us |
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And they will launch and continue the work from this continent |
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For this continent is the greatest of all the continents of the
planet |
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Which is why it was given to us the Root Race, the Red Race |
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The 1st race to emerge |
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And it is from the greatest of all continents |
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That these foreign beings will begin their destruction of the
planet |
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And it is from this the greatest of all continents |
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That these foreign beings will carry forward their work |
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Of the complete and utter destruction of the planet |
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The planet will still exist |
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For the beings cannot completely annihilate |
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What the gods have created |
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But they can change things considerably |
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And they will start in reverse order |
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First they will corrupt and destroy the humans |
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Then the animals |
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Then the vegetation |
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They will then destroy all the fishes in the sea |
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Until finally there is nothing left to this planet but its
topography |
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The planet would be barren; it would be bare |
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And the beings laughed |
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Yes! They will win over the gods |
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They will take what the gods have so joyfully created |
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And they will ruin it for them |
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And no one would realize what was going on |
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Until it was too late |
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Until the course was irreversibly set into motion |
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Until the course of destruction had a momentum of its own |
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And no one, no one, not even the gods, could stop it |
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And the beings laughed |
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And the drumming slowed down, slower and slower until it finally
came to a stop |
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And the people sat stunned |
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There was a great silence |
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The storyteller was spent; he lay over his drum |
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The people began looking at each other |
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Could such a story be true |
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It had started innocently enough |
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It had started as the story they all knew and loved so well |
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But what was this wrong turn of events |
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Who were these beings |
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What were these beings |
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And surely the gods would not allow their work to be destroyed |
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A murmur rose up from the crowd |
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You must change this story |
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You must |
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But the drummer was spent, exhausted |
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And lay collapsed upon his drum |
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The crowd grew anxious, fearful, and even angry in its
helplessness |
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We must change this story |
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But how? |
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We shall call upon the gods
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an old wise woman stepped forward |
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We shall call upon the gods and tell them of these beings |
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Tell them what these beings have in mind and what they
plan to do |
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And the gods will surely stop them |
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And the people looked at each other and nodded in agreement |
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Yes, that is what they would do |
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They would call upon the gods |
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But what they did not realize was that the beings had started the
work |
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Ages and ages ago |
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And they were only now beginning to call upon the gods |
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And yes the gods would respond to their calls |
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The gods would hear their calls and return from wherever it is
that they live |
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And return to this beautiful and bountiful planet that they had
created |
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And so the gods returned ready to ask - |
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Why do you call? What can we help you with? |
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But before the words were out of their mouths |
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They gasped in horror |
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For they could see what the humans could not |
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They could see already the amount of devastation and destruction
and corruption |
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That had occurred on the planet |
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And they were horrified |
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What had happened?! |
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And then the gods realized with great sadness exactly what had
happened |
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And the gods wept |
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And the gods wept |
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And the gods wept |
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And the gods dried their tears and consulted among each other |
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We need to properly assess the situation |
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See how much damage has been irreversibly done |
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See what we can salvage |
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And the gods organized themselves |
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And some of them stayed in their realm to help from without |
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And some of them incarnated on the planet to help from within |
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And the gods set forth a plan of action |
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They set forth a plan of action to save the Earth and her
inhabitants |
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And they set forth a plan of action to save their crowning glory,
the human race |
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And the gods began their work |
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But the beings had a great head start |
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They had begun their work ages and ages ago |
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Almost immediately after the gods had left the planet |
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The gods were rather late on the scene it would seem |
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And the beings laughed |
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And the gods realized it |
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And they called upon their god to help them |
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They called upon the Creator of creators |
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The Master of masters |
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The Teacher of teachers |
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They called upon the God of gods |
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And they presented the situation to him |
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And they asked him for his help |
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For without his help they would surely lose |
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They would lose this lovely planet and all her inhabitants |
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Please God of gods, can you help us |
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And God pondered the situation |
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What was done was done |
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What was lost was lost |
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And God pondered the situation some more |
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And then God came up with a plan |
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And God consulted with his Mother |
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And God consulted with his Son |
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And they agreed that it was a good plan |
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And the Mother and the Son agreed to incarnate on Earth |
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To help to carry out the plan |
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And they did so |
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And they, the Mother and the Son, of the God of gods |
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