The Creation of the World

        Before time, before existence of even the All Father, all was
Chaos.  For in that Chaos, swirled forth a being of immense proportions, a
solid entity in the Chaos.  This being had no name, however in the Chaos
He picked up various ideas and thoughts and began to form the idea of
changing the Chaos, forming it into a place for other beings, whose
stories He could see forming and discorporating in the Chaos.  He began to
think of himself as the Father of these beings and their eventual stories.
The All Father began by taking chaos in His hands and using His essence to
shape it into the stars, the Earth, the Sun, and the Moon.  As He shaped
it He became weaker until when He was finished He had to rest, allowing
the things He had formed to spin off on their own, keeping
only the Earth, Moon, Sun, and a few other scattered bits close to Him.
        So He slept for what would be millennia to us, although it seemed
to Him to be but a short time.  When He awoke, He was ready to continue.
He gathered the remaining chaos and bound it more loosely together to form
the waters of the earth and sky.  He thought of these as the ground, sea,
and firmament.  
     
        When He finished, He realized that this Earth should be populated.
Having no more chaos to shape, He began to use Himself...  From the pieces
(cells) of His hair and finger nails, He willed the creation of the plants
and trees.  From the pieces (cells) of His fingers and toes, He willed the
creation of the insects and lesser creatures of the earth.  From the
pieces (cells) of His arms and legs, He willed the creation of the robin,
the wily crow, and the creatures of the sky.  From His torso, The All
Father willed the creation of the bass, and the other animals of the
water.  The All Father willed, from His bones, that the bears, the
bobcat, the deer, and the other creatures of the land be created.  The
blood from His veins nourished the Earth and caused the Plants and Animals
to thrive.
        Finally, the All Father judged that the Earth was ready for those
beings which would carry on His story.  From His skull and brain, the All
Father willed the creation of Men and Women.  And with His death, the
beings He had created, from the lowliest insect to the greatest man was
imbued with a soul, reflecting that of the All Father, Eternal.
        So, remember, children, the lesson of the All Father.  All life is
sacred, and ones eternal soul, as that of any being, is worth the giving 
of a life.