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The Story of Beginning
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In the beginning there was only water. A strong wind blew over it and
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brought with it some earth. This earth slowly sank to the bottom of the
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water.
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One day a god was moving above the waters, and saw that the mud had sunk
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to the bottom of the waters. They decided to dive to the bottom and bring
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some of it up, and in time they had managed to construct a small island.
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At first the island was barren and lifeless, but then the wind blew some
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seeds there and the plants gradually grew. However, the god saw that the
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plants would soon consume the entire island, and so fashioned out of clay
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some animals to eat the plants. The animals ate the plants, but now the
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god saw that the animals would consume all the plants, so they created
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other animals to eat the first ones. But yet again they were faced with
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the problem of these other kind of animals consuming all of the first kind.
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The god stood deep in thought for a while, despairing how they would have
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to keep this cycle of creation up forever. Then it came to them – what was
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needed was a way for everything alive to eventually come to an end. And so
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finally, they dove to the bottom of the sea, and in there they found
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death.
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The god spoke to death: "I have a task for you. You must make it so that
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all the plants and all the animals I have created will in time come to an
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end". To this death answered: "Very well, but if you are to sign everyone
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else to this fate, it shall be yours too". The god thought for a while,
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and then revised their request: "Everything shall end, yes, but eventually
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come back. This fate I shall accept too". The death agreed, and ended the
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god.
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When the god returned, they saw that the island was doing well, and that
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there was more mud in the water. And so they started the cycle of building
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again.
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