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The
Green Comet.
by
The
TaleWagger 
When The First Galaxy was virtually
complete, only a mishmash of Evil Spirits remained, unused and
unwanted. Light of Day gathered them up. The Maker rolled them into a
ball to form a comet, dipped it in green light and threw it towards
The Vastness of Nowhere.
As the day was ending, Twilight, mother of
Night, was busily spreading Peace and Tranquility about the skies.
Suddenly, low on the horizon, she caught sight of the green comet
about to leave the galaxy. Fearing for its safety she called out to
Darkness, father of Night, for help.
Darkness quickly descended, but he too was
unaware that The First Galaxy was complete and that the green comet
was not wanted. Being colour-blind he thought that it was the same as
the other comets that were beginning to appear among the planets. He
grabbed at it.
Disaster!
Part of The Green Comet shattered in his
mighty grip, and all too soon the newly-born Night was covered in
Evil Spirits. Darkness, realising his mistake, sought help from the
Lunar Wind to blow the Evils away but it was too weak. Some of them,
such as Nightmares and Suspicion, quickly hid in Darkness while
others such as Deceit and Jealousy were blown about the planets and
later thrived in the Light of Day.
And so it was, that The First Galaxy, made
from Dreams of Perfection, became less than perfect!!
When The First Galaxy was very young, Zeus,
God of all Gods, fathered the first identical twins. They were boys
and he named them Perseus and Persen.
At that time there were very few Gods, but
many tasks to be done to make the planets fit for habitation by The
Mortals. When the twins became teenagers, they were separated from
each other and sent to the Land of Tutors to prepare them for
Immortality. Perseus's apprenticeship involved travelling the eight
Kurves of the Galaxy, seeking out the Virtues of Honesty and
Integrity and adapting them for the Heart of the Mortals.
Persen, meanwhile, was sent to Planet
Mythicaa to learn about the Logix of Ingenuity and Invention and how
to harness them within the Brain.
One day as Persen sat at study with his
Tutor, the sky slowly changed from its usual clear blue to a hazy
fluorescent green.
"Master, what is happening?" he
asked, as his skin tingled in fear and wonderment.
"Quickly Persen!" exclaimed the
Tutor. "We must hide deep within our cave. The Green Comet of
Saeton is coming."
"Shield your eyes!" he added as
they ran to safety. "And promise me you will never look at it.
For if you do you will become unfit to carry out The Labours and you
will never become a God."
For the rest of the day, Persen and the
Tutor stayed deep within the protective gloom of their cave and
discussed the strange comet and its power to taint with evil the
minds of those who were lured by its spell.
During the night Persen awoke and wandered
towards the mouth of the cave for some fresh air. As he wiped the
sleep from his eyes he realised that the sky was still green. He had
fallen asleep puzzling over the powers of the evil comet expecting it
to be gone when he awoke, but sky was still green. As he looked out
of the cave he could see that the sinister green glow now bathed the land.
Persen could not contain his curiosity any
longer and strode outside, shielding his eyes from the comet with his
left hand. He felt no sense of fear. The leaves of the trees were
green ... as they had always been. The grass was green ... as it had
always been. Only the sky, which should have been dark, was different!
The green light had almost turned night into
day and he was lulled into a false sense of security. He even felt
secure enough to wash his hands and face before returning to the cave
and strolled to a nearby pond. Carefully he kept his back to the
comet and only looked into the water that was in his shadow. It did
not reflect the comet.
Carefully he washed his hands and then held
up his left hand to prevent himself looking at the reflection in the
pond. With the right hand he scooped up some water to wash his face
but, as he brought it close to his face, he saw the reflection of the
comet in the palm of his hand.
Persen was captivated by its shimmering
beauty and trapped forever!
Or was he?
He had only stared at a reflection, a very
small reflection. H he had not stared directly at the comet.
"Surely a reflection counts for
nothing," he mused. "I feel no different, therefore I am no
different. I have not been affected."
Persen returned to the cave and soon fell
asleep. Next day when he arose, the sky was blue again and everything
seemed normal. The comet had gone and he decided not to tell the
Tutor of his experience.
He had been infected by the Evil Spirit
of Deceit!
Perseus completed his apprenticeship and
became an immortal God. His twin brother, because The Gods were aware
of the truth about that fateful night, slowly drifted into obscurity
becoming a very ordinary Persen.
Because of this, The Heart has the pure
Virtues of Honesty and Integrity, while within The Brain, Ingenuity
and Invention are often mis-used by the Evil Spirit of Deceit.
This
story was written for Stephen Chapman
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