the UNTOLD LOVE STORY of ADAM & EVE

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I never knew how fascinating it was to be a go between until two of my friends; Paul and Sherry, fell in love or should I say had a crush on each other. Being their medium of communication alone felt like living my dream of being part of a grand stage production.

The most interesting task I performed as a go between in this “grand stage production” was once upon a sunny day  at the beach when Paul and I serendipitously met Sherry in the company of her friends, Tracy and Gracy; twins sisters  who were also my friends.

Instantly I knew I had to create a chance for my two friends to chat and the only way was to distract Tracy and Gracy. 

Knowing how much the twin sisters loved my company because of the intriguing stories I always had to tell, I invited them to the rocks and like Scheherazade of Arabian Nights did to save time, decided to tell them a story of their own choice.

As if they wanted to test my level of creativity, they asked me to tell them a love story  set at the beach even though they knew I had not yet been in love.

As I paddled my legs in the sea all in search of inspiration, I saw Sherry giving  Paul an apple to bite. A light bulb suddenly went on in my head and voila; I conceived this story. 

Close your eyes and imagine yourself standing somewhere close to the Garden of Eden as I narrate the untold love story of Adam and Eve.

The apple Eve and subsequently Adam ate, thanks to the serpent, everyone knows, was the reason God cursed and sacked them from the Garden of Eden. But what everyone does not know is that ,the first night Adam and Eve spent together, a big fight ensued between them as to whose fault it was. 

They made so much noise that some animals, like some neighbors of mine, gathered in front of their cage, wishing they could ask them what the matter was or even separate them. Not even threats from Cherubim, the angel guarding the Garden of Eden could not make them stop. 

This fight went on and on until God got tired of receiving complaints from the animals that they could not sleep at night because of the noise. So one sunny morning, God invited Adam and Eve to the beach to settle the quarrel.

On their way to the beach, Adam harvested some sticks of sugar cane and Eve, some tangerine (oranges). As they waited for God to come, they ate and littered the beach with the fruit. When they  had finished, the tide rose a little and a wave came closer to where the sugar cane and orange peels were and dragged them into the sea; making the shore clean once again.

Adam and Eve were amazed but before they could say anything, God, who has been there all along, taught them their first lesson

LESSON 1

The Sea is like a female and the shore, a male.

Just as the sea washes away the peels from the shores,

so should the woman take care of the man’s domestic needs….

Adam was so happy that the first lesson was in his favour but God was quick to add that

…in situations where the man can help, he should.

He kept quiet.

God blew air on the sea and its level raised .The Sea roared and began flooding the earth. The sand also reacted by absorbing the sea.  The two destroyed quite a number of things on earth. Adam and Eve would have drowned if God had not calmed the sea. They began apologizing for their bad conduct and pleading with God not to kill them but He laughed and said; that is lesson 2. 

LESSON 2

Just as the roar of the sea can cause flood and other disasters,

 quarrels in marriage can be very destructive; a man and a woman

must learn to control their anger, be tolerant and live in peace.

Next, God commanded a fish out of the sea. Within a few minutes it started suffocating. Eve was sad and so pleaded with God to let it go back into the sea. God did so and soon after, it regained consciousness. Adam who has been watching them asked God why He did that. That is lesson 3, God replied.

LESSON 3

Just as a fish cannot survive without the sea,

 a mother’s heart is a special place  where children can always have a home

 but the secret is  that the role of the man as the head of this house cannot be disputed.

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God snapped his fingers and in the twinkling of an eye, they were under the sea. He showed them salt, oil and other minerals He has hidden in the sea. They were amazed how rich the sea was. As they were enjoying the sight, God snapped his fingers again and they were back on shore waiting for God to tell them the lesson in the just ended tour. And He did.

LESSON 4

Just as the sea is enriched with oil, salt and other minerals,

 So is a woman enriched with hidden beauty which a man spends his whole love life discovering. A Man must value and respect his woman. It is in doing so that you will enjoy the good things she is made up of.

Eve who was intrigued at the way the sea periodically pushed the sand on and offshore asked God if there is a lesson in there for them. Oh yes! God replied. That is lesson five.

LESSON 5

Just as the sea brings sand ashore and sometimes takes it away,

So can a woman make and unmake a man.

Do not take advantage of her and vice versa.

Be each other’s keeper.

And so god gave them so many lessons from the relationship between the sea and the shore. Adam and eve realizing that they have betrayed their love apologized to themselves and hugged each other. God once convinced that they had regretted their actions and inactions married them again by making them repeat after him the first wedding Vow, I call; The One Verse Vow, which has seen so many variations today.

  The One Verse Vow

I call on the shore and sea,

And all the creatures we see,

To witness as I Promise with this verse

To love you for better or worse,

 With one mind and one heart

Till death do us apart.

You may now kiss the bride, God said. As they kissed all the animals who  had then gathered to witness the solemnization of Holy matrimony between Adam and Eve, closed their eyes as though they were shy! God was happy and so were Adam, Eve and all creation.

That night there was no fight, the animals slept in peace and so did Adam and Eve. As recorded in Genesis 4: 1a, Adam knew his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.

Whether the lessons in the story are true or not, it doesn't matter. What matters is that that day I succeeded in telling Tracy and Gracy a story about the beach simultaneously buying time for my Paul and Sherry to chat. As to whether they are still together or not, that is a story for another day.