Translated by Ray Kremer
It came to pass in the ancient year of mmi that the creators looked down from Mount Texas and said to themselves, "Our domain has become stagnant. We should beat it down with cataclysms and rebuild it anew." And there was much agreement, and they set about at the task of re-creation.
Finally they finished, and the world was much changed from what it had been. And from the peoples in the Realm of the discussion groups came a great wailing and gnashing of teeth, and they cried out "The great cities of the world have been rearranged, and we know not the lay of the land, and it is impossible to find anything."
The appearance of the world was changed too. Gone were the colors of the sky and ocean. They were replaced with the colors of fire and the autumn. And from the peoples in the Realm of the discussion groups came a great wailing and gnashing of teeth, and they cried out "Our eyes cannot bear to look upon the world now. Surely we will all vomit if we view the altered lands any further."
But the creators atop Mount Texas were satisfied with their labors, and they closed their ears to the complaints of the people.
Not very long after this, the creators decided that the road they had built to lead apprentices to their temple was dull, and they feared that many apprentices would lose interest along the way. So they sent the malevolent and omnipotent goddess tispt, who is known to some by another name, to rebuild the road. So tispt and her divine servants tore down the old road, and built a new road filled with many flashing lights and shiny objects in order to hold the fleeting attention of the apprentices. And they also placed upon the new road a marketplace where free amusements could be found, and also maps to other such marketplaces. The apprentices rejoiced at this, for the creators has never before placed any emphasis on the amusements. New lands in the Realm of the discussion groups were also built, these for giving aid to the apprentices in the areas of their studies. And the peoples of the Realm found these works of tispt humorous, and they scoffed at them at first, but they had forgotten what it is like to be a young apprentice. And the toils of tispt were successful, and all worked as it was intended, and the road became traveled by many apprentices.
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