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In the beginning the Earth was a boundless plain. This plain was separated form the sky and sea, and shadowed in hazy twilight. There were no sun, moon or stars. No animals or plants, only a cluster of matter. This matter was soundless, sightless and it was neither asleep nor awake.
Beneath the Earths crust, constellations shimmered. There was a shining sun and glimmering moon. All life lay there sleeping.
On the dawn of the first day the sun burst through the surface of he earth filling the plains with golden light. So it was that the drowsy ancestors felt the warmth of the suns rays and gave birth to children. The Snake man birthed snakes. The Hibiscus man unfurled his flowers and leaves. Every living thing with it’s own birthplace reached for the light.
Then the ancients, awakened by the sun, heaved their bodies through the mud. They opened their mouths and cried out allowed - “I AM!” “I am a snake...an hibiscus...” Each of the ancients sang out a name. Moving forward, they sang out another, naming the grass and trees. Left and right they sang all things into life, weaving their names into a verse of the great song.
Everywhere they went their tracks left a trail of music. They sang the song of the earth. At last they had sung the whole earth and they felt tired. Some froze, some crawled into caves and some sank back in to the ground. They all crept away to their homes to rest for eternity.
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