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In ht I saw a circular spacious garden in which all the lovely landscapes of a superior world appeared to forer I looked at it, the more beautiful it became, and a little star shone above it like a sun Trees and flowers sprang up under h for protection Birds flew about and sang; soet as near as possible to the little sun they saw; and other living creatures began to reen grass All the wonderful workings of Nature, as known to us in the world, took place over again in this garden, which see with a certain satisfaction and delight Then the idea came to me that the place would be fairer if there were either ht a whisper caht in , expressed in waves of electric warmth that floated doards froarden was suddenly filled with men, women and children, each of whom had a small portion of myself in them, inasmuch as it was I who made them move and talk and occupy themselves in all manner of amusements Many of thes for having been created; but some of them went instead to the little star, which they called a sun, and thanked that, and prayed to that instead Then others went and cut down the trees in the garden, and dug up stones, and built theether like flocks of sheep, and ate and drank and ht that I increased their intelligence and quickness of perception, and by-and-by they grew so proud that they forgot everything but themselves They ceased to remember how they were created, and they cared no ave the of ht to worship a superior creature to the thees of wood and clay, unlike anything in heaven or earth, and offered sacrifices and prayer to these lifeless puppets instead of to me Then I turned away er; for I could not be wrathful with these children of my own creation And when I thus turned away my eyes, all manner of evil came upon the once fair scene--pestilence and storm, disease and vice