spark, that sacred fire that your mother and
father made. For that is its food, what it grows on, and matures, what
it uses to reach for Ultimacy."
9 "My mommy says those are bad things to talk about," interrupted a
little girl, "that children should not think about such things."
10 "Of course you must think about such things!" continued Brown Goat.
"If you are not told the truth about them, you may begin to believe all
kinds of strange tales as to where you come from.
11 Some parents seem to be afraid to tell their children that their
mother and father laid down together, that their father put part of
himself in their mother, and she combined it with part of herself to
make you.
12 And each of you is different from the other, for no two parts joined
together ever make the same thing."
13 "But our neighbor had two babies at once," argued a boy, "and they
look just alike! Surely THEY are the same."
14 "Not absolutely," explained Brown Goat. They may appear alike, but
they are not. There are tiny differences you cannot see. But these two
are as close as any living ones can be. Their flesh is almost identical
so their Eternal Spirits also, are almost identical. They share a
kinship few others can know, for they were one who became two."
15 "But why, Lord," inquired one boy, "I hear your words, but I do not
understand. Why must there be boys and girls? Could not The Great
Wonder of All Things, The Law of Laws, have provided that we make
children in some other way?"
16 "I'm sure," said Brown Goat, "that someplace, somewhere, there is
probably a different way. But The