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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 a goose. The goose was bewildered and tried to find a
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place where it could land, but could not see anything. It cried to the
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god of air: "I am here, there is only water, what can I do? I am tired,
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I must land".
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The god of air heard the goose and called all the gods into consultation.
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They agreed that they must create land for the goose, and so a young god
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started piling up mud for the goose to land on. The goose did so, and for
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a while lived happily on this pile of mud. However, one day a great wave
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came, and washed away the mud. The goose once again called for help.
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This time the gods agreed that they must build it stronger. The same god,
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now a bit older, made the land out of rocks. The goose was again happy for
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a while, but even the rocks slowly wore away. After a while, the goose was
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again without a home, and called for help.
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The gods were at a loss and suggested that they should just build a new
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out of rocks again, but the builder god, now quite old, disagreed: "As
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long as the land is not alive, it will wither away. I will become the new
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land myself, and you shall never have to worry about this again". The
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other gods thought this to be wise.
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The god got down into the down, and covered themself with mud and rock.
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Then they spoke the words, and became mud and rocks themself too. We now
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call this god Moti, which means 'earth'. The goose landed on this new land,
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and could immediately feel it was different, full of life. They laid an
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egg, and from the egg crawled off the lizards. They laid another egg, and
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from the egg walked off the animals of the forests. They laid a third egg,
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and from the egg walked off the animals of the home. They laid a final egg,
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and from there walked off a human.
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