The Monkers' Error

      ...A Long winding tale goes along with it... but I can never tell it by true memory anyhow. The gist of it is that these two Oldem Monkers, the last of their respective Covenants you ken, they happen to live on the eastern and western slopes of adjacent facing snow-cap mounts deep in the far-outs of the eastern lands. The story is long, but in the end, after the worst snowtorrent they had seen in their long years, the two monkers end up trapped together under yards of snowy fall. They spend the remaining hours of their lives discussing the deep divides between their metaphysical views. The last remembered lines of the story consist of this dialogue. The rest has been forgotten by time.

A: I've seen in this world evidence for many things... but never any proof of a creator who designed all we can see and touch.

T: The very fact that you can deny the existence of your Creator is proof enough of his hard work.

      Though the tale is well known and widely credited to the fabled Book, the moral lesson it is meant to give is not widely agreed upon. The layman usually agrees with the side to which he is most inclined, and the wise will mull it over until he dies. But those who are wiser... those who have seen what the world is really made of...they know what I know; that what these men have failed to realize is that in this world... It matters not whether you believe in the Gods... it only matters if the Gods believe in you.

Editor's note: This fragment of text (2 paragraphs and 2 lines of dialogue) was found during the excavation of a four thousand year old Egyptian tomb that had remained unfound and undisturbed for 4 millennia. It was written on the back of a paper diner menu from circa 1950 London, England. The utensil used was dark lead pencil, the words hastily written with the left hand. The writer's identity is unknown. The menu was found tucked in the grasp of the mummified decedent who occupied the tomb. How the menu came to rest in the tomb has never been successfully explained.