Sunday, 28 January 2007

Apple

It looked for all the beautiful, primeval world, like a pear, but rounder. Eve reached up to pluck the fruit. It was red where exposed to the sun and green on its shadier side.

'I wonder if I, too, have a shadier side.' Eve had not realised she had spoken aloud until she heard the voice ...

'Perhaps you would like to eat from the each side, to see if the flavours are different? You might learn something' A snake slithered into view.

Eve took a bite from each half of the fruit. She decided she liked the dark side …

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