Earth Child

THE WORLD OF MEN, WITH ALL ITS CONCEPTS AND BELIEFS, WAS STRANGE AND A COMPLETE MYSTERY TO THE BOY. He understood the real world around him, which was simple because the world told him everything he needed to know about it. The grass grew because it drank the water that fell from the sky and the water fell from the sky because the grass couldn’t walk to a river like he could, it was all so simple.

In return for their life the plants blanketed the earth making everything lush and beautiful,...