IN THE GARDEN

Eve bites into the fruit. Suddenly she realizes that she is naked. She begins to cry.

The kindly serpent picks up a handkerchief, gives it to her. “It’s all right,” he says. “The first moment is always the hardest.”

“But I thought knowledge would be so wonderful,” Eve says, sniffling.

“Knowledge?!” laughs the serpent. “This fruit is from the Tree of Life.”