The History of Man (sort of)

After God finished creating the universe in six days, he took the next day off to relax and contemplate his handiwork.  He was very pleased with the result, but after a few days, he began to become restless and started to look for other things to be done.  He noted a number of small depressions in the land, and wondered what to do about them.  He had already created the vast oceans of water, which gave him the idea of filling the depressions with water, thus forming thousands of large and small ponds surrounded by the trees he had previously created.  This took many hours of hard work, but was completed by the end of the second six day period of work.  After a prolonged rest period, he again began feeling restless and he wished he had someone to talk to and share his handiwork.

After  a long period of solitude, he thought of creating a “man” with two legs so that he could walk and appreciate his surroundings.  He would have to have some intelligence-(but not too much) so that he could take care of himself and communicate with his Maker.

The more God thought about this, the more he was convinced it would be good to have some company, and they could pass the time playing games and planning future adventures.

After working out the details of making “man” self-sufficient, he realized he must supply him with food to maintain his strength.  So it was an easy matter to start vegetables and fruit growing and he stacked the ponds with swimming creatures and the woods with walking and crawling eatables.  Of course they would have to be instilled with life so they would stay fresh.

The stage was now set for the major enterprise of creating “man”.  Since this was the first man He ever made, He started with a few samples but He soon discovered they had faults, -like two left feet, a head too small for a brain, hands with no fingers, a brain which could control motion, but couldn’t think.  After making the necessary corrections, God felt ready to create the first man (but He always worried about man’s intelligence).

He went ahead with the production which took six more days.  When He was finished, he looked with admiration at his creation and finally he breathed life into the first human being and called him “Adam.”

Adam opened his eyes, stood up and looked around.  He was amazed at the beauty he beheld and asked aloud “Where am I?”  God answered “You are on earth and all this is yours, as long as you take care of it and follow my instructions.”  “Who are You?” asked Adam.  “I am the creator of all this land and you.”  “You can stay here, rent free, as long as you don’t mess up the neighborhood.”