Chapter 2

The Father saw the boy dancing. It was beautiful and it pleased the Father, but it was not complete.

The Father said to Himself, "It is good for him to dance, but he could dance so much better with another."

With this, the Father came down to the world and stood upon its surface. He blew upon the ground. The breath from his nostrils pushed the earth of the ground up into the air causing it to fill out a shape. Gradually, a human was formed. Small and beautiful, it was a girl.

When the girl became alive, she was standing on the ground of a barren world, staring into the eyes of the Father. The Father smiled at her and said,

"Now, let us teach you how to dance."

He reached out His hand toward her and lifted her to her feet. He led her with His hand and taught her how to move in the wind--spreading her limbs, tasting the air, feeling the ground. She danced beautifully, and the Father was pleased.

Soon, the Father took the girl to meet the boy. They had never seen each other before and each wondered at such a creature before his and her eyes. The Father spoke to both of them together,

"Dance for me."

They both started to dance, but each in his and her own way. Soon, they faltered and stopped, confused by each other, not knowing why this other human was dancing such a strange dance. They started to get upset at each other and turned away from each other.

The Father took them both and turned them toward Himself.

"No. You must work together."

He placed the girl's hand in the hand of the boy.

"Now, dance for me. Together."

The boy and girl looked suspiciously at each other and then innocently at the Father. He turned them back toward each other. Soon, they started to move. Cautiously. Nervously. But, with time, they observed how each other's different movements complemented the movements of the partner. He lifted his arm. She turned hers. He lifted both arms. She leapt. They were dancing together in perfect harmony.

The Father watched the boy and the girl dance, and He smiled.

Immediately, the world bore fruit, the sun burst into the sky, and the air started to swell with the singing of birds and the smells of creatures, plants, and earth. The world bloomed and gave birth to the Earth.