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Then He turns and looks down at Adam, who gradually feels His presence, he slightest start of surprise ADAM. Oh! Good morning, God! GOD. Good morning, Adam. Beautiful day. ADAM. 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Eve moves and they look at each other. Her skin f00 is e's perfect! (But be GOD. 1 think so too ADAM. Me too. GOD. Huh! I don’t know how I do it! What would you like to call her? inborn rule. The and fish have no tree; you will not ADAM. Yes, Lord. GOD. It is all yours, my children, ull the end of time. (le walks away aid vanishes. Adam and Eve turn from God and face each other. They smile tentatively. Examine each otber's bands, breasts. ADAM, (Deciding to test his.) Are you a litle thirsty? EVE. Mihm, ‘ADAM, Me too, And a file hungry? like 2 pomegranate, a pomegranate, (He fetches ber EVE, (She suddenly plucks something out of bis bair and bolds it between ber fingers.) 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You don’t imagine, do you, that God intended you to lie around like this fore smming ee ‘about making something of your- LUCIFER. And why do ADAM. Because God makes it. LUCIFER, But how, dear? ADAM. How should she know? LUCIFER. But God wants her to know. ADAM, But why didn’t He feels more passionate about than that you begin to multiply. EVE. Really? LUCIFER. Of course. That's why that tree is there. EVE. We multiply with the excuse me, We're not even sup: posed to EVE. go around not thinking about it LUCIFER. Oh, you find that’s getting dificult? EVE. No, but it takes up so much time, ADAM, It’s because we'll die if we eat those things. (Lucifer 16 lately, that’s practically all T do is reaches up, takes an apple.) You better watch out, they're not LUCIFER. (Point hhere? Do you praise Him fo ADAM. (Looking down at bin inch LLUCIFER, But how can you when you don't know what its for? EVE, He pees that way. ‘That is s0 incidental i's not even worth mention- ‘You have no idea, do you? ) Well, not in particular, but ‘ADAM. Fm only guessing, but sometimes it makes me feel— LUCIFER, Feel what? ADAM, Well... . kind of sporty? LUCIFER. Adam! God has made you in His image, given you His body. How re Now, your take one bite, and I Promise you will understand everything. Adsm, open your mouth and you will become— (He glances quickly about, lowers bis voice.) —like God. ADAM, Like God! You should xy a thing like that! LUCIFER. 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She made me. EVE. J couldn't help it. A snake came. (Jo Adam.) Wasn's he a snake? ADAM. Like a snake, ya. GOD. That son of a on you... ! EVE, But why'd You GOD, You're questioni put the tree here so. th: shouldn't think about! So, a litle self-control EVE. Oh! cop. * I give you an “Oh” that you'll wis you'd never been born! But first ’m going to fx it between you and snakes, Serpent, because thou hast done this, ‘Thou art cursed above all cattle, And above every beast of the field; ‘And I will put enmity between thee and woman— That means all women will hate snakes. she says. Or almost all. . You see? It’s already impossible to make an absolute statement around here! You bad girl, Jook what you did ro me! EVE. ’m ashamed. GOD. Ashamed! You don’t know the half of it. greatly uutiply thy sorrow and thy conception; In sorrow thow shalt bring forth children— EVE. Oh God! GOD. And thy desire shall be to thy husband And he shall rae lover thee, No more equals, you hear? He's the boss forever. Pt ‘up your leaf. (le turns to Adam.) And as for you, schmuck! ke bring forth co thee ing up lunch, thou eat bread, For dust thou art. dust shal thou return, ‘Adam and Eve? Get ou ADAM. Out where? jo0d enough for you here? Go and see cut on your own. re any way we can get back in? to0 much to know, 3 spider and the mouse— know My perfection fou ate what I forbade, ‘You yearned for what you were And thus laid a judgment on my work. TAm What | Am What ! Am, but it was not enough; ‘The warmth in the sand, the coolness of water, ‘The coming and going of day and night— Ie was not enough to live in these things. You had to have power, and power is in you now, But not Eden any mor hear the sound of shadows on the leaves? EVE. (‘With immense loss and wonder) No! (God on thr, bt, erect Whereis the woke ofthe fhe river? ADAM. Where are the footsteps of angels walking through the vines? 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LUCTFER. Noting’ changed. You're good, and Ya ba. Is at ‘hat to the public— GOD. We will appear to be— LUCIFER, Yes. GOD. Equal LUCIFER. Not morally equal. Just equally real, Bea ting beside You in Heaven— GOD. Then T must love you. LUCIFER. Exactly. And if God can love the Devil, He can love absolutely anybody, GOD. That's certainly true, yes. So people would end of guile. Ani again, Pause.) GOD. Operationally speaking— LUCIFER. Yes, GOD. Yes sir LUCIFER. Yes sir. Excuse me. come to hate themselves, and den, and everybody innocent GOD. In cases of lying, cheating, fornication, murder, and so on —you mean they are no longer to be judged? LUCIFER. Ob, on tween the two of us no one will judge the bad people, and you GOD. Bat who would try to be good if it’s just as good to be bad? LUCIFER. And will the bad be good for fear of your judgment? So you them be bad and the good be good, and love God because they'll know that God . am ready to take my place. 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Geatously.) ‘You know what's in there, don’t you? EVE. (Crying out.) I love thee, husband, and I know this thing l be thy curse! DAM, Woman, you will tell me what in thy bly! et bends, staring EVE. Its own. Pause.) ADAM, Who told thee? EVE. Lucifer. peg eet eters ing, you're sleeping! ‘tam my back for a minute on my owt EVE. Adam—he’s not all bad, ADAM, He's not all . . . ! (Light dawns in bis bead.) Okhbht No wonder you looked so jdicy when you woke up! I want to know what's so good about him! 40 ber ears.) T can't stand any more fam thy master, woman, and you EVE, Well . . . small. To start off with, Like the baby monkeys and the litle zebras— ADAM, Zebras! He's got you turning us into animals now? No human being has ever been born excep Devil hath spoken, thou hast likewise spoken, (Silence, Neither ‘moves. One sheep baas, like a sinister snarl. A sudden surge of id, which quickly dies: JAM. (Jortured.) But I had no idea it was a man when I said EVE. But why do you all want him dead! ADAM. I forbid you to say that again! I am not Lucifer! (A heartbroken cry escapes him.) Evel (Ble sinks to bis knees. He curs up in igrons before ber, flat out ‘on the ground, pressing bis lips to ber foot.) Forgive me! (He weeps. Wind blasts, 1 dies.) EVE. (A new tought interrupts ber far-off gaze, and sbe looks «at bis prostrate body.) 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God. Oh God. Oh God. God—damn—you—God! ADAM, (Curled up in terror) Ali Cucifer appears at the ‘Eucifer takes a step toward her and is balted by trumpets, a single melodious chord. She faints. Adam tries to rise and, seeing ber, 00. God enters. A step bebind him are Azrael, Angel of Death, and Chemel, Angel of Mercy.) GOD. (Standing over ber, lookit over her face. Eve shudders as asleep.) That’s enough, Chem to the comer of her mind, and seal i¢ up. (Chemuel kneels, kisses ber once, Eve exbales wi God walks a few yards away (Azrael stand fast) Go, Azracl, And glancing up at God.) Go, Chemus (Chemuel stands and goes out.) Now in thy slumber let us reason together. (Adem and Eve sit up, their eyes sbut in sleep.) Behold ine agony hath made, (4 youth of sixteen appears, ited head, He moves wayward be at last approaches Eve, be ‘vay as God speaks again) Here isthe rst life of tl ‘And itis fting thatthe frst letter stand before who was in jeopardy, stands) Now Cain is bor d ‘She sits up, opens ber eyes, and looks down at Cain.) “4 EVE, (Joyfully surprised.) Abhi! ADAM, (Waking up quickly, seeing Cain.) What's that? EVE leis GOD. Cain. Thy son. (Gotb gasp, surprised by THis presence) EVE, (She sudde before God.) 1 from the worm of thine own evil, which # in thee, Look in my face, woman, up thine eyes, (She slowly dares to face bim on ber knees.) EVE. I have gotten a man from the Lord, GOD. Thou art the mother of mankind. EVE, And generations unknown to me shall spring from my Joins. Gre extends His band, She rests bers on it and rises) the summer sun arousing the bee, 1g moon is held in her place ind, so am I held GOD. Eve, you are my favorite gil! (An angetic waltz strikes up. 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Well, the next thing— Tooked 2t her y’see. And there was something funny. I didn’t know what it was, And then I She was naked, (Cain now turns to ther.) CAIN AND ABEL, Mama? EVE, Well, be was too. CAIN, (Shocked, be drops the lyre.) Mama! EVE, We didn’t know it, da CAIN. How could you not know you were naked? EVE, Well, we were like children; lke you, like Abel. You remem- ber, when Abel was a baby and ran around— CAIN. (Outraged, accusing.) But you weren't a baby! EVE. (Jo Adam, at a loss.) Aren't you going to say anything? ABEL, (Explaining jor Adam.) Well, they were like animals. CAIN, (Pained, horrified.) Don’t you say a thing like that! ADAM, (To Cain.) Well [told you~I could smell water? ABEL. Sure! And they could hear the trout talking. CAIN. But you never said you were actually . . animals. ADAM. Now just @ minute, Cain, That was the way God wanted it CAIN. I can't believe that! God could never have wanted my ‘mother going sround without any clothes on! ADAM. (ngrity, standing.) You mean 7 woulds’t let her put her clothes on? EVE. (Going to bim.) Darling, we were innocent! CAIN. “GFuriously.) You were naked and innocent? Don’t you ‘understand that that’s why he threw you out? EVE. He loved us most when we were naked, He only got mad when we knew we were, (Slight pause.) No wonder we dreamed of death CAIN. (Swept by bis EVE, Why? CAIN, We've been saying all the wrong prayers. We shoulda’t be thanking God—we should be begging his forgiveness. We've been living a5 though we were innocent. We've been living as though ‘we were blessed! EVE. But we are, darling CAIN. We are cursed, Mother! EVE. (Furiously to Adam.) You should never have told him! CAIN. Why did you lie to us? 2 ADAM, Now just a minute - ; CAIN, CAecusingly,) 1 always few there was something you werent ADAM. Jota inate! (Sight pause) We dia’ wart eo flghten ‘you, tha’s all, But maybe now you're ald enough to understand He did curse us when Hl threw us out, And part of the curse is chat we will have to die CAIN. We're going t die? ABEL. Like the sheep, you mean? ADAM, Sheep, beds, everything CAIN. You and Mama, t00? You mean we woulda’ see you any- EVE, Don’t worry about i, Daring, Px sure we have along, long time yet. CAIN, You mean before He got angry you would never die? ADAM. Far 25 I know—yes. CAIN. Oh my God—then He must have been absolutely furious with you. EVE. I'm sure He's forgiven us, dear, or we wouldn't have you and everything so wonderful— CAIN. (Sinking fo bis knees) Listen to me! I tell you we have been warned. Now we must do what has never been done, EVE. Do what? CAIN, We wast give this day—not to che animals this day we must give to God. I tll you— Ge loo tenderly) if we will open up our sins to Him and cl selves, He might show His face and tell us how we are supposed to liv Father, Mother, Abel—come and pray with me. ADAM. (Jo foe) Wella EVE. (Recallng.) Maybe he (Going to her knees.) What should we pray, da ‘Heaven. Adam goes to bis knees. And finally Abe! CAIN. Almihty God, sesing that our parents were thrown out oF en leans over to Eve.) 4 glance at the praying Cain) Does this mean Ym cy-daams suas po 3g avy agi fo dot ost sayper sAeie 29} pe wioo Aygo 384 9H EL Conuadea 5g quer “ae 06) “eg ‘poo8 As spunos j29p IMFAPUOM e SELL C edn 9nf8 1049 nok (uaonagg 0 af» Bu uv oye oy oer 01 ame se 3 9HOP te SD40H SEH TA “NIV. 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Ole halts. She comes t offering. Then she kisses bim. Die turns again to the altar. before him. They stare at 5 bin. Toen be carefully sets sleps back. All go to their knees befor te cdo ett.) hk Abel iS my idea, Mother. Can't he do it another time? EVE. It was just a suggestion! You don’t have to get angry. ABEL. (Struck by bis vision.) Maybe He would come because of 56 are you guilty about? Just because your mother back and enjoy it. is not fair to Cain, and ! can’t bear that any more! jat—Cain would have to accept tatl LUCIFER. Boy, even with God's help nobody can be Number One and good at the e ABEL. Get thee be 1c! CHe draws bis knife and rusbes U.) EVE. (Jo Adam.) RR, (As be rushes u. after Abel.) Abell Don’t call down in is still on is knees, staring abead. Eve feels bis .) Now, Maker, show thyself and ‘my Abel and my Cain, (She and ‘and left, He sets bis offering on the sounds again, and now a figure rises bead of a bull, At the sigbttbey round) thine awakening, Mankind! 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Where is Abel, thy brother? CAIN. (With a new, dead indifference) I know not, Am 1 my brother's keeper? GOD. The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground, EVE. (Seeing the corpse, tke a sigh at firs.) Abb. ADAM. (Wide-eyed.) Obbh. (The sigh repeatedly emanating from her, sbe balts, looking down at the corpse, Adam comes and faces it) Obhhh. EVE. (Se goes down beside the corpse, keening.) Abel? Wake sy darling! ADAM. Abel? (Calls) Abel! GOD. What CAIN. (With a bitter, hard grin, plus a certain intimate, familiar tone.) What had to be done, As the Lord surely knew when I laid before Him the fruit of my sweat—for which there was only Thy contempt. GOD. But why contempt? Didn't I approve of your offering? x. Abel’s lamb was not “ap- proved,” it was adore, ike GOD. “Gndignantly.) But Ike lamb! (Cain is dumbfounded.) 1 don’t deny it I like lamb better chan LUCIFER, Surely there can be no accounting for taste, CAIN, And this is Your justice? GOD. Justice! CAIN, (With a bitter laugb.) Yes, justice! Justice! GOD. When have I ever spoken that word? CAIN, You mean our worth and value are a question of taste? GOD. (credufousy.) But Cain, there are eagles and sparrows, lions and mice—is every bird to be an eagle? Are there to be no ‘mice? Let a man do wel, and he shall be accepted. CAIN. [have done well and 1 am humiliated! GOD. You hated Abel before this day, so you cannot say you hhave done well. from the corpse) You argue with Wim? (She rusbes in, Adam boldind ber back.) Kill him! He's a mure eld by Adam, she calls) Take his Hie! GOD. Surely you repent this, CAIN, When God repents injustice, 1 will repent my own! 6 LUCIFER. Why should he repent? Who sent death down here? You did! (te points to God.) There is the murderer! beginning to end! (Eve stops to God.) Do You deny, le they slept? (To Eve) Ask EVE. You sent the Angel of Death? (Pause) GOD. Yes. EVE. Lord God . . . did you wi GOD. Eve... soon the mult Pause) spring. from this Arst thousands be shepherded 3 eye of Cod opens in the cach himself will choose the way of you go as beasts, locked up in the ir nature. (Sigh! pause} T saw that Cain was pious; saw envy too. And so I thought—if Cain were 30 he lif his hand against his brother, but then, remem- bering his love for Abel and for me, even in his fury lay down his arms? (Jo Cain) Mant—you would kave risen like a planet be- fore the generations, the victory of God; fist brother and the fist to reject a murder. Oh Cain, how I hoped for chee! ADAM. (Jo Eve.) Do you understand? He was trying to help us (She stands rigid, wide-eyed.) Eve, you must beg his pardon, EVE, (Surning to God.) But why must my child have died? You could have tested me, or Adam or Abel—vwe could never have falled. COD. Woman, 2 moment ago you commanded me to take Cais EVE. But... 1 was angry. COD. Cain was also angry. (She turns away, rejecting.) Do you understand me? (Beginning to anger.) Then am Ia wanton mur. derer? Speak! What am Ito you? ADAM, Evel Tell Him you understand! EVE. I do not understand . . . why we can't just fiver GOD. Because without God you'll murder each other! EVE. (Furiously.) And with God? With God? GOD. Then do you want the Devil? Tell me now before the mulki- tudes arrive. Who do you want? ADAM. 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