Eve: In the Beginning by H. B. Moore & Heather B. Moore

Author:H. B. Moore & Heather B. Moore [H. B. Moore]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Adam and Eve, Begnning of the world, Bible stories
Publisher: Mirror Press
Published: 2014-11-22T07:00:00+00:00

I wake alone, but I am not cold. The sun is well into the sky, piercing through the openings between the shelter’s branches. I hear a loud snap and know that Adam is breaking off more branches. The sound reverberates through me, each snap reflecting Adam’s strength. In the garden we would have never broken the branches of the trees nor eaten the flesh of any fish. It seems this world is centered on destruction.

I stay quiet for another moment, missing Adam’s arms around me and wondering if he slept as poorly as I did.

When I emerge from the shelter, Adam turns. There are shadows beneath his eyes, and it’s as I guessed: he has slept little.

“How did you sleep?” he asks, tossing a branch into a growing pile.

“Enough,” I say.

He gazes at me for a moment as if he is about to ask another question, but instead he turns back to his work. He is serious today, intent on working, it seems. I walk to the river to wash myself and to drink. Along the shore I discover that a few of the bushes grow berries. It seems we’ve found a good place to set up a dwelling.

When I step out of the river, I walk a little ways east, where the river tumbles down the rocks from someplace above. The thundering sound of the water fills my ears, blocking out the sound of breaking branches. I step closer to where the water falls from the mountain, feeling the water’s cold spray upon my skin. The water moves so fast, never stopping or slowing, that I marvel at its power and persistence.

When I step away, I hesitate. Two black eyes are watching me from near the falling water. On the other side of the river, across the gorge, is a leopard.

This one looks gaunt; the outline of its bones at its shoulders and sides angle sharply as if there is very little flesh on the animal. Its gaze narrows in my direction as it watches me.

I have stroked the leopards in the garden, but I know that this one is not like those that I knew. With this leopard, I can almost feel its hunger as it stares. Then I notice the collection of brown fur at its feet and the stain of red on the leopard’s paws and mouth. The small critter in front of the leopard has lost its life, becoming a meal.

My stomach jolts, and I want to turn and run, to scream for Adam. But I’ve seen leopards run, and I realize it wouldn’t be much of a task for the leopard to leap the river and chase me down.

I breathe out, my heart pounding furiously. O Elohim, I pray silently, I know that I’m unworthy of thy attention. But please deliver me from this beast. As I pray, I simultaneously think of what I should do. Throw a rock? Turn and run? Not do anything? I think of the branches that Adam has collected, and I wonder how fast I could run to the pile and use a branch in defense.

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