When the world began, it was just a spinning ball of rock. And then slowly the rock was broken and became dirt, and then, over time, water rained down from the skies and filled the seas, and then lightning struck the oceans, and winds blew over the soil, and when these things came together, Mother nature came alive and saw that the planet was a lonely place. So, mother nature crafted every living thing, one by one. She started with the invisible things. Next were the plants. Then were the tiny insects, then were the fish, then the amphibians and the reptiles, then the mammals, then the birds. One by one, she breathed life into each new creation. But still she saw that the animals were lonely. So she crafted her last child, humanity. When she breathed life into them, though, they looked up to her and spoke. Not only did they speak, but they began to ask her questions.
“Where did we come from?” they asked. “I made you.” She replied.
“Who made you before you made us? Where did you come from?” They asked.
“No one made me. I came from the earth, and I am the earth.” she said
But some of the people refused to accept this answer, and said to each other, “Let us find out the truth of this. If we were to be killed, mother nature would come out to find who had done it and punish them. If we kill mother nature, then surely her creator will come out to find who has done it and punish us. This will surely be the end of us, but we will know who the creator really is.” So they set out to kill mother nature.
Because she had said that she was made of the earth, they filled the earth with poisons. And when she fled to the oceans, they filled the water with poison. And when she fled to the sky, they filled the air with poison. The other people tried to stop them, but it was no use, because their soil, their water and their air had already been poisoned. Nothing could live any more. Finally, when every last living thing had been destroyed except for humanity, mother nature came down to them and spoke. “I breathed life into each bring, but I saw that the animals were lonely, and so I crafted my last child, humanity. Now you have killed every living thing, one by one. First were the birds, then the mammals, then the amphibians and the reptiles, then were the fish, then the tiny insects, and then the plants, and last were the invisible things. Now they are all dead, and you will answer for these crimes.”
But the people were angry because they still did not have the answer that they had looked for.
“Who made you?” They asked. “Where did you come from?
She replied as she had before. “No one made me. I came from the earth, and I am the earth.”
So they asked, “What will kill you? We want to know who will come forth to take revenge when you have been killed.”
And mother nature understood the desire of her children to know this answer, so she said, “I will die when there can be no more living things on the earth. If you kill everything and leave only one man behind, and him with no offspring to carry on, then I will die, and it is possible that my maker may come forth to take revenge on that last man.”
And so the people turned to each other and killed each other until only one man stood on the surface of the earth, and mother nature died.
And as the man looked out over the empty land, oblivion stepped forth to claim him, in revenge for what the people had done.
Then oblivion left the planet behind, and the world was a spinning ball of rock. And then slowly the rock was broken and became dirt, and then over time, water rained down from the skies and filled the seas, and then lightning struck the oceans and winds blew over the soil, and when these things came together, mother nature came alive again.
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