In a time BEFORE time Before history Before ANYTHING
In a place FAR from ANYWHERE There sat an old magician Contemplating eternity
Now Contemplating eternity Takes a LOOONNG time
So EVENTUALLY The old magician became bored with all his contemplating
And so he stopped contemplating And started looking around And As far as he could see For miles and miles All around him There was nothing And nobody
And the old magician started thinking about THAT And he decided that it would be nice If there was Something he could do Somewhere he could go Somebody he could talk to
So Being a magian He decide he would create hinself A place that he could go A place where there would be something for him to do A place where he could find somebody to talk to
He waved his magic wand He pronounced his incantations And Out of the nothingness all around him A Faerieland was formed
And IN this Faerieland Were ALL the creatures that exist There were opposums And mighty whales Bigger than ANY whales Today And chipmunks And trees And dragonflies And all sorts of beings
But there was one VERY special being This neing WASN'T like ANY other being
This being Was self aware
And Being self aware He KNEW he was different From every other being
He ate And slept And reproduced And EVERYTHING That every other being did
But In his geart He KNEW that he was DIFFERENT
He didn't know HOW he was different But he just felt In his heart And in his bones And in his gallblader HE Was different
And While he was thinking about it He heard a voice
Now He had NEVER heard a voice Before So he JUMPED
He looked west He looked east He looked north He looked south He looked up He looked down He looked ALL AROUND
But he COULDN'T "see" ANYBODY
And THAT Sorta CONFUSED him
So he sat down To think about this voice
But Having never heard a voice before He couldn't make any sense out of it
He scratched his ear He put his chin on his knuckles He flicked the ant off his knee And he pondered
WHAT was that loud noise In his head That none of the OTHER beings heard
At least He didn't THINk they heard None of THEM had jumped
So he looked around Again Just checking No None of the other beings seemed disturbed
THEN He heard it AGAIN Well MAYBE Sorta Kinda He THOUGHT he heard it
But he wasn't sure
But THIS time He thought he UNDERSTOOD it It said
BEHOLD I Am the old magician And I'd like to talk to you
The being looked ALL around He couldn't see anybody Anywhere
And none of the other beings seem to have heard anythng
The deer were grazing in the glade The squirels were gathering acorns The trees were swaying in the breeze The flies were buzzing The ant was crawling up his leg again
Everything seemed Cool Calm Collected EXCEPT Him
He stood up He looked at the ground Where he had been sitting Nothing He looked up Just tree limbs and leaves He caught a movement out of the corner of his eye He looked Just a butterfly And three honey bees
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In a time
BEFORE time
Before history
Before ANYTHING
In a place
FAR from ANYWHERE
There sat an old magician
Contemplating eternity
Now
Contemplating eternity
Takes a LOOONNG time
So
EVENTUALLY
The old magician became bored
with all his contemplating
And so he stopped contemplating
And started looking around
And
As far as he could see
For miles and miles
All around him
There was nothing
And nobody
And the old magician started thinking about THAT
And he decided that it would be nice
If there was
Something he could do
Somewhere he could go
Somebody he could talk to
So
Being a magian
He decide he would create hinself
A place that he could go
A place where there would be something for him to do
A place where he could find somebody to talk to
He waved his magic wand
He pronounced his incantations
And
Out of the nothingness all around him
A Faerieland was formed
And
IN this Faerieland
Were ALL the creatures that exist
There were opposums
And mighty whales
Bigger than ANY whales
Today
And chipmunks
And trees
And dragonflies
And all sorts of beings
But there was one VERY special being
This neing
WASN'T like ANY other being
This being
Was self aware
And
Being self aware
He KNEW he was different
From every other being
He ate
And slept
And reproduced
And EVERYTHING
That every other being did
But
In his geart
He KNEW that he was
DIFFERENT
He didn't know HOW he was different
But he just felt
In his heart
And in his bones
And in his gallblader
HE
Was different
And
While he was thinking about it
He heard a voice
Now
He had NEVER heard a voice
Before
So he JUMPED
He looked west
He looked east
He looked north
He looked south
He looked up
He looked down
He looked ALL AROUND
But he COULDN'T "see" ANYBODY
And THAT
Sorta CONFUSED him
So he sat down
To think about this voice
But
Having never heard a voice before
He couldn't make any sense out of it
He scratched his ear
He put his chin on his knuckles
He flicked the ant off his knee
And he pondered
WHAT was that loud noise
In his head
That none of the OTHER beings heard
At least
He didn't THINk they heard
None of THEM had jumped
So he looked around
Again
Just checking
No
None of the other beings seemed disturbed
THEN
He heard it AGAIN
Well
MAYBE
Sorta
Kinda
He THOUGHT he heard it
But he wasn't sure
But THIS time
He thought he UNDERSTOOD it
It said
BEHOLD
I
Am the old magician
And I'd like to talk to you
The being looked ALL around
He couldn't see anybody
Anywhere
And none of the other beings seem to have heard anythng
The deer were grazing in the glade
The squirels were gathering acorns
The trees were swaying in the breeze
The flies were buzzing
The ant was crawling up his leg again
Everything seemed
Cool
Calm
Collected
EXCEPT
Him
He stood up
He looked at the ground
Where he had been sitting
Nothing
He looked up
Just tree limbs and leaves
He caught a movement out of the corner of his eye
He looked
Just a butterfly
And three honey bees
Alright. I'm DONE, for tonight. If you'd like to hear the REST of the story, tell me. Or YOU pick it up, and add YOUR part, to OUR story! Are there any STORY TELLERS, still alive, and loose, out there, in the FREE world?