Primordial Fish
a microhistory of humanity
In the beginning, all was, frankly, well.
Then, Mother Earth discharged intrepid fish from her primordial stew.
Eventually, they grew hair, made fire, ate some apples.
Still, all was content.
Until, one boisterous, intrepid fish gazed upon all their Mother’s designs and decided, “These are mine.”
Then, all went sideways.
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Matthew Fromm
Full-time nerd, history enthusiast, and proprietor of random knowledge. The best way to find your perfect story is to write it yourself.
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Great job congratulations
Yep, that makes sense to me. "These are mine. I will have dominion over these things." As one began to lay claim others began to have naught. So for the bare essentials is over what they fought. First for oneself. Then for themselves. To lay claim for the selves was their wish. To lay claim laid the groundwork for greed, the origin of selfish. Now, there were those who freely gave when they had more than enough. Yet, the ones who's appetite was without limit, wanted, and even labeled others, as more "stuff."
Oh dear… drat that greedy fish!
In a nutshell right there.
Congrats on Top Story!🥳🥳🥳
Fabulous!!! Love it!!!❤️❤️💕 Congratulations on Top Story!!!
Back to say congrats on top story!
haha. You did a magnificent job of covering the majority of our sullied history lol. Well done. Congrats on Top Story too and thank you for reminding me about Kayleigh's challenge as it had slipped my mind lol.
Seems to about cover it, well done!
Lol. I like the use of “discharged” like a gumball machine does when you are hoping for a certain color. You never know what your going to get!
Indeed! Welcome AI : )
Intrepid fish, I love this phrasing of us. This is so well done!
I like this so much!! You have a real talent for taking us on a long journey in such few words!
Was he a fish now or had he grown hair? Why didn't all the little fishes want apples to eat and hair on their head? Interesting concept and perfectly concise telling.
An astonishingly concise and biting history of our peculiar species and its hazardous hubris! Well done!