This story happened a long time ago, in time immemorial. People then did not count the years, did not fold them neatly into decades and centuries, did not announce new eras to themselves. And people had not yet written their sacred books, not a single one. There was no need. And there were no letters either, which to write down. People did not dismember words then, and the world was not dismembered either. The world seemed alive and reasonable to them. Requiring humility. But people had a lot of good food, it became difficult for them to humble their passions. Human passions demanded change. How to contain them?..