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George Lewis Avery

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In the beginning
there was nothing
and then ... something

"See brother? I have created life amidst all this tranquility."

"Where?"

"Just over there, third dustbunny from the lamppost."

"Well, I be hanged! Why'd you go and do a fool thing like that for, sister?"

"I guess I was feelin' mean, brother."

"He looks happy. That isn't like you, sister."

"What do you mean."

"If you wanted him to truly suffer, you'd have given him a sister."

"Ah, but I did even better. I gave him a wife."

"Curses! You are a bain on my existence, did you know that, sister?"

"Aye, but what fun would you have without me, brother?"

"None, I guess. But, sis, now that you have created man, just what will you do with him?"

"I dunno. But in the meantime I can play dressup with him, and invite him to tea parties, and play house with him, and you can build vast armies of him and practice wargames. You can also pretend to be his God, his General, and his Satan."

"And when we have tired of playing with him, I can show daddy what I have done."

"No. You cannot do that. Do you remember what happened the last time ...with the dinosaurs?"

"Yes. Daddy tripped on them ... and fell."

"... and after, he made us promise to always clean up our room."

"... and not leave our toys lieing about."

"... else he'd take them away from us."

"Yeah...I'd hate to make daddy angry again. He is scary when he gets angry. I suppose I could get rid of them all before daddy gets home."

"Won't you let me do it, sister. I will annihilate them just like daddy did the dinosaur. teeheehee."

"This is going to be so cool! [evil grin]"

bewilderment[STOMP]confusion[STOMP]panic[STOMP]silence

... no
perhaps i was mistaken
it was nothing
[nothing at all]

.oeg ©