Fifth

Some of you may remember the story I told some months ago about the four trees in the Eden. (See http://ccszeto.blogspot.com/2011/07/trees.html) The story that followed was equally interesting but, once again, not mentioned in the Genesis.

Here you go:

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Contrary to the common belief and what’s described in the Genesis, Adam actually did not realize he didn’t quite swallow the apple of wisdom, and was convinced that he saw things differently after acquiring the fourth virtue.

And he left the Eden, content and full of confidence.

In no time Adam met the snake again. The poisonous reptile greeted him enthusiastically, “Hullo, my friend. Let me show you something great.”

The avatar of Satan led the first man to a new corner, where they saw an enormous tree. Long branches were stretching in all directions from the trunk, along those there were numerous fruits – red, juicy, and seductive.

The snake said, half smiling, “Look, this is the Tree of Fairness. Yes, the fifth virtue – and the most important one too. Come. Try its fruit. It’s good for your heart.”

I shall not elaborate what happened afterwards. Suffice to say, if the first apple dragged Adam out from Eden, this second one sent him to hell that and there and forever.