Creation Myth

           Long before the humans, and when the earth was still new, there was a place with sapphire colored waters and ivory colored beaches, the sun beat down on a tranquil lagoon with waves crashing upon it.  On the first day the waves that would create everything washed ashore two lizards the color of the green foliage, with their blue spots to remind them of their creator.  With small yet quick agile bodies the lizards were a perfect creation.  With their blue spots to remind them of their creator, they climbed and roamed all over the tree tops where they decided to live.

            On the second day the almighty waves washed ashore the two sun bears.  With a permanent golden collar that resembles the rising and the setting of the sun, their coats were pitch black.  This was the wave’s way of paying homage to the almighty sun.  The bears soon climbed the trees to hunt the green lizard and leaves around them. 

            On the third day the godly waves brought fourth the clawed otters.  They had a sleek fur coat made for swimming at high speeds to catch it’s pray in its special claws.  Once the otter was washed up to the shore they ran into the dense tropical forest just behind the palm trees to the beach where they would live. 

            On the fourth day the ocean washed up two giant elephants.  With their large bodies and tusks the elephants felt at home among all the ground where they enjoyed the cooling shade from the tall trees, and eating the green grasses beneath them.  They live for many years enjoying the beautiful climate.

            On the fifth day the sea brought ashore two feathered Cendrawasihs.  These birds of paradise were gorgeous.  With the long white tail feathers hanging down and a sharp beak with a bright yellow head, the bird was the prettiest animal yet to arrive.  The birds were given wings to fly over and watch all the other animals on the perfect land of paradise. 

            On the Sixth day the waves washed ashore two little black fish with white spots called an East Java.  Once they fish landed on the white sandy beaches they realized that land was not the place for them. They then hoped back into the blue lagoon over to the reef. 

            On the seventh day the biggest wave of all the seven days washed ashore two humans.  Both stood up and looked at the paradise surrounding them.  They went and saw all the other beautiful creatures that had been washed upon shore in the past six days.  They realized that the almighty ocean and waves were the ones that created all of it.  They created the lizards, the sun bears, the clawed otters, the elephants, the Cendrawasihs, the East Java fish, and lastly the humans.  The waves were the source of life for the animals living, and they knew it created them to take care of the new world.