The Garden of Eden - Humankind's first paradise
The serpent slithered around the trees and looked at the apple and hissed. He caught Eve's furtive looks and Adam’s longing while looking at the apple.
🐍: How are you my lovely humans?
A: Good, everything is great! What a gift to walk in this beauty.
E: Yes, there is complete happiness amid paradise.
🐍: Ah Paradise! But isn't the true meaning of paradise where there are no restrictions?
A: What do you mean?
Adam exchanged a glance with Eve.
🐍: I was wondering if this is paradise or the illusion of it, should paradise be conditional on following rules? Why can't you do what your heart longs for? Why can't you take a big juicy bite of that shiny red apple?
E: We are not allowed to, and it is probably for our own good. We have been given abundance, why give it up for a bite of forbidden fruit?
🐍: Ah but haven't you wondered why that fruit is forbidden? Maybe it is the true paradise?
A: One should not want more; greed will only destroy joy.
Adam avoided Eve's eyes.
🐍: Is it greed or is it curiosity about the world we live in? Paradise is perfection and not restriction. Maybe you are meant to have that fruit to live to your fullest without any regrets.
A: My mind does wonder what it would be like to have that apple.
E: We live in the definition of paradise, but it feels incomplete, maybe you're right, maybe this is the illusion of paradise.
They got up and bit into the apple, as the Garden of Eden disappeared in front of them to be replaced by a concrete jungle with chattering humans.