Point of View

10/14 - 10/21 | POV:

Take a passage from a good piece of published fiction. Transpose a paragraph or two to a different point of view.
500 words or less.

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Genesis | Chapter 3

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My husband and I, we were both naked, yet we felt no shame, it's kinda cool actually.

Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the animals that the LORD God had made. I didn't know about that then. The serpent came around inquiring, "Did God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?"

I told the serpent: "Well, we may eat all the fruit of the trees in the garden; except the fruit of the tree in the middle. God said, 'You shall not eat it or even touch it, if you do, you'll die.'"

But the serpent said to me: "You certainly will not die! You know why he didn't want you to eat it? because God knows well that the moment you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods who know what's good and what's bad."

Now, that got me thinking. I can see that the tree was good for food, the fruit looks delicious, and desirable for gaining wisdom. So, why not? I took some of its fruit and ate it; and I also gave some to my husband, and he ate it too.

Guess what, boom! Both of our eyes were opened, and we realized that we were, can you believe, Naked!! so, we quickly sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for ourselves.

When we heard the sound of the LORD God moving about in the garden at the breezy time of the day, my husband and I hid ourselves from the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

The LORD God then called to my husband and asked him, "Where are you?"

My husband answered, "I heard you in the garden; but I was afraid, because I was naked, so I hid myself."

Then he asked, "Who told you that you were naked? You have eaten, then, from the tree of which I had forbidden you to eat!"

My husband replied, "The woman whom you put here with me--she gave me fruit from the tree, so I ate it."

(You, Adam, So typical! Yeah, disown me when it doesn't suit you!)

The LORD God then asked me, "Why did you do such a thing?" I told him, "The serpent tricked me into it, so I ate it."

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ORIGINAL: Genesis | Chapter 3