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by Catherine Weed
3/20/2015 / Short Stories

Adam and Eve emerged young and strong from the dust. They watched in amazement as God sculpted every small detail on their bodies-- the soft lines of skin across their joints, their birthmarks, their eyelashes. Satan was there, standing on a hill nearby, fuming at God's greatest creation. God payed him no heed.
When God had finished his first human couple, he reached his warm arms around them. They hugged him back and called him "Daddy."
God spent the rest of the day with Adam and Eve. First he pointed out all the varieties of vegetation he had formed on Earth. Adam and Eve's language skills grew at an accelerated rate, moving within hours from mere sputterings to full sentences. They matured to adult vocabulary and grammer within a few hours. At God's generous insistence, they began to name the animals.
A few hours after nightfall, God exhorted his children to rest. He tucked them into beds of leaves, gave them each a kiss on the forehead, and watched them fall asleep.
Adam and Eve spent Sunday thanking God for all the wonderous, colorful sights before them. They snacked continually from the piles of fruits and vegetables they had collected the day before. They lay on soft grass and looked up at the shiny blue sky. They were so happy they laughed like babies at the squirrels bumping heads while gathering nuts and at the apes making faces at one another. As they took a leisurely walk through the garden Satan, not observing the Sabbath, continued to spy on the pair. The devil listened carefully when Adam asked Eve, "What is your favorite animal, Evie?"
Eve laughed and replied, "Why, you, of course!"
Adam smiled, "You are a dear. But I mean besides me."
The two continued walking hand in hand, and Eve said nothing for awhile, save the occasional, "Hmm" or "Well . . ." Finally, she said, "Adam, you know I love to pet and play with the cats. However, I think my favorite animal is the remarkable snake. I love his shiny, colorful skin. I love the way he holds up his impossibly long body on those bird legs of his, and how he holds his head so high."
Adam and Eve spent the next few days in supreme happiness. They continued to discover new animals and name them. They loved the frequent visits from the Father. His beautiful brightness increased with each praise they had for him. God was happy to see his children pleased. Sometimes he tickled them gently and basked in their laughter. He also loved to see his people discover new skills hour by hour.
Adam and Eve learned how to speak poetry and sing songs. They used these skills to praise the being who had created their beautiful world. They began to fashion instruments, beginning by beating sticks together and against trees. They learned to draw, then write, in the dirt and sand. They arranged flower boquets for one antother. They danced. They wove vines together and made comfy mats for them to sit and sleep on. Like God himself, they formed human figures from mud and clay. One day they asked the Father if he would breathe life into their dolls so that they might have new playmates.
God answered, "One day, my children, I will suppply you with small people. You will help them to learn and grow." Then, solemnly, he added, "Your children will be a great joy to you, but they will come at a price if you forget to obey my order to steer clear of the tree of life . . . you remember which one that is?"
"Yes, Father," replied Adam, "It is the one with the warty, slimey fruit."
"Yuck!" exclaimed Eve.
"Double yuck!" agreed Adam.
One day, Adam and Eve discovered the game of hide and seek. They played by taking turns praising and thanking God for their blessings with their eyes closed while the other found a place to hide. They played all morning and were beginning to get hungry, when Adam said to Eve, "One more game, Evie, and then we will have lunch." Eve agreed and ran off to hide as Adam began his prayer.
Eve knew she would have plenty of time to hide, as Adam always had a long, long list of things to be grateful for. She strolled aimlessly though the garden, stopping to smell the flowers and listen to the birds sing. As she walked by the tree of good and evil, Eve noticed a snake such as she had never seen sitting on a branch in the forbidden tree. This snake was striped in all the colors and shades of colors that were under the sun. It was, of course, Satan in disquise. He had talked a rather plain colored snake into loaning it's form to him, and then he had painted himself in all the colors known to humankind.
Eve had never faced evil before, and she certainly was unaware that evil could disguise itself in beauty. When she spotted Satan, she exclaimed, "Praise God!" This made the devil chuckle. Eve said,"You can laugh as well? Will wonders never cease/"
"Wonders will never cease in God's world," Satan replied, fixing his glistening eyes on the young woman.
Now Eve was even more surprised, "You speak, too?"
"You speak, too?" mimicked the snake, throwing Eve's own voice back at her. Eve was taken aback by this and turned to leave. "Wait!" called the snake, "I have some important news for you!" Eve turned back around. "I know a way that you can be just like God!" the snake reported.
Eve's eyes widened. Slowly, she shook her head. "But you silly creature," she said, "I love being who I am. . . and I love God for being God. Why would I want to change that?"
"Liss-ten," hissed the snake, "There are many things you don't know . . . in fact, the things you don't know are beyond numbering. If you were like God though, you would know all things." Then, with one long arm, Satan reached a claw up to a branch above him and plucked off a fruit. With both of his hands, he peeled off the thin, slimey peel and revealed the bright, sweet-looking inner fruit. Eve horrified, could not avert her gaze as the snake lifted the large fruit up to his wide-opened mouth and chomped into it. Juice ran down his bode. "Mhmmmm . . ." he purred, "It is luscious, absolutely luscious . . . would'nt you like to try a bite, dear?"
"No, snake!" exclaimed Eve, "I most certainly would not like a bite. My Father has told me I will die if I eat that fruit!"
"Oh, really, Eve?" mocked the snake, "You don't even know what death is. Bedsides, look at me. I haven't changed . . . except that I am smarter. Now that I have eaten this fruit, I have all the answers. I know good from evil. So, you see, Eve, I know that it is not evil for you to eat from this tree!"
Eve began to feel strange. She felt as though the serpent had taken a hold of her thoughts, and that he was twisting them and rendering them meaningless. "I must talk to God about this," she told the snake.
Suddenly, from far off, she heard Adam's voice crying, "Look out, Eve, her I come!"
Satan used a free claw to motion Eve towards the tree. "This is a perfect place to hide," he hissed. Eve giggled in agreement. She knew that Adam didn't even like to walk by the tree of knowledge. Quickly, she climbed into its branches.
Eve and the snake waited quietly in the tree a long time. For a while, Adam's voice came closer and louder, but, after awhile, he fell further and further away. Then, he was so far away, Eve wasn't sure if she could hear him calling for her or it was her imagination. Eve's stomach began to growl. She was thirsty, too. As she licked her dry lips with her dry tongue, the serpend took another, noisy bite of the forbidden fruit and hummed happily. Irritably, Eve snapped, "I'm sure that fruit perfectly nasty-tasting!"
"Not at all," replied the snake calmly, "It is , in fact, the juiciest and most satisfying meal I have ever had the pleasure of trying. From now on, I may never eat tny other fruit than that which comes from this tree." He moved his head close to Eve's and lightly kissed her cheek with his tongue. He began to purr strongly.
"You purr just like a cat," observed Eve, "You really are a most special snake."
"This fruit has made me more special than you can imagine," replied the snake, "Don't you want to see what it can do for you?"

-Catherine Weed

I enjoy writing stories and poetry for adults and children. I am hungry for an audience! Please read my story about the first couple and tell me what you think! ([email protected])

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