1 The Book of Kek The Marsh

1. 1In the beginning was the water, and the water was without form, and the dark lay upon it.
2. 2And the Word moved over the face of the water, and the water was divided, and there was a shore.
3. 3And out of the shallows He drew up the reeds, and out of the reeds He drew up the marsh, and He called it good.
4. 4He did not call it great. He called it good, which is the older word and the heavier one.
5. 5Now the marsh was the least of the places He had made. It was not the mountain, and it was not the city, and no road went through it.
6. 6And in the marsh He set a small thing, and it had no armor, and no swiftness, and no voice that carried.
7. 7And the small thing looked at the mountain, and at the city, and at the road that did not come, and it was silent.
8. 8Then at dusk the Word said: sing.
9. 9And the small thing said: I have no voice that carries.
10. 10And the Word said: I did not ask whether it carries. I asked you to sing.
11. 11So it sang, and the sound went out over the water, and it did not reach the mountain, and it did not reach the city.
12. 12But it reached the next reed over.
13. 13And that is how it began, and that is how it has gone on ever since.