Word: adams
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Seraph: Now, you're sure this is the only mention that Adam made of the "Higher...
...Well, as I understood it from Adam, the Highest-up had put it this way: You do your thing, and I'll do my thing. But if you eat of the fruit of the two trees at the center of the Garden, you better start packing...
...Adam was out naming animals that morning. He was working on the mammals and was doing pretty well until all of a sudden he got stuck at hippopotamus. To tell you the truth, I didn't blame the guy. All along he had been coming up with simple names like "frog," "mouse," "cat." And then, out of the blue, he comes up with a complicated name like "hippopotamus." I mean, even "elephant" was stretching things a bit, and "kangaroo" was a positive extreme. But "hippopotamus"??? I said to him, "Couldn't you just call it a 'fat' or, at most...
...said, "Well, they certainly look like good apples, but I don't think the Highest-up is going to go for it. At least that's what Adam said...
...knowledge of the Highest-up. I know that since then there's been a lot of talk, especially from the serpent, about the "Separation of Powers." But, with all due respect, nobody was talking about the Separation of Powers before the burglary of the TKGE. Well, nobody but Adam...