our father ADAM and mother EVE.PART(10)

Beyond the hills, Cain was running quickly towards his land. He was nervous, for he was hungry. He saw a hare in the distance. He chased the hare. Then he threw a stone at it. The stone hit it in the leg and broke it. The hare was unable to escape. Cain caught the hare. He killed and ate some of it. Then he threw the rest away.

Some eagles fell on the prey and ate it. Cain spoke to himself: “If I was weak, eagles would eat me. Why don’t these fearful birds eat me? Indeed I’m strong. The strong are worthy of life. The weak must die.”

Again, Cain thought in a savage way. He knew neither truth nor falsehood. He did not want to be a good person, rather he wanted to be a wicked person. He was full of malice and envy towards his brother. He left his land and fields and set out towards the hills.

He saw his brother Abel on the green plains. He saw the cattle grazing calmly.

Abel was lying on the green grass. “He’s sleeping,” thought Cain. Cain increased in malice and treason. He bent to pick up a toothed stone.

“It’s a good opportunity. I’ll kill Abel to get rid of him forever,” Cain talked to himself.

Cain descended from the hill. He approached his brother. He was as careful as the tiger. His two eyes were flashing with violence.

Abel walked about the pastures many times. He became tired. He put his head on a smooth stone. He relaxed on the grass and slept. There were a smile and a hope on his face.

He knew that neither wolves nor pigs came to that valley. He let his cattle graze safely and slept soundly.
He thought that there was no creature more dangerous than the wolf, and that Cain was his only brother in the whole world.

However, Cain came nearer to his brother Abel. His shadow fell on the face of his sleeping brother. Abel opened his eyes and smiled at his brother. However, Cain became wild. He was like the wolf; rather, he was wilder than the wolf.

Cain attacked his brother with the stone. He hit him in the forehead. Blood covered Abel’s two eyes. Abel fainted but Cain went on hitting him. Abel became completely motionless.

Abel was unable to move. He was unable to open his big eyes. He was unable to speak or smile. He was unable to return to his hut, and his cattle remained without a shepherd. They got lost in the hills and valleys, and wolves attacked them.

Blood gushed out of Abel’s forehead. Cain was looking at it.

The blood ceased. Some eagles appeared in the sky. They were hovering over Abel.

Cain was bewildered, not knowing what to do. He carried his brother’s body and began walking. He did not know where to hide it from those hungry eagles.

Cain became tired of walking. The sun was about to set. He put his brother’s body on the ground. Then he sat down to take a rest.

Suddenly, a crow alighted near Cain. The crow croaked loudly. It cried: “Croak! Croak! Croak!” Perhaps it wanted to ask Cain: “Cain, why have you killed your brother Abel?”

Cain was watching the crow’s movements. The crow dug a pit in the ground with its claws. Then it picked up a dried fruit with its beak. It threw the fruit into the pit and buried it.

Cain became aware of an important thing. He knew how to bury his brother’s body to protect it from eagles and wolves. He brought a dried bone and began digging the ground. The hard digging made him sweat.

At last he dug a deep pit. He put his brother’s body into it and buried it. Thus, eagled and wolves were unable to eat it.

Cain wept very much. He wept because he had killed his brother. He wept because he was unable to do any thing.

It was the crow that taught him how to bury his brother.