643. When The First Men Walked The Earth

It was said that the first men walked the earth they sang to the trees and animals even the rivers and seas hears their joyful singing as the peaceful message was passed along So it was that they learnt to talk each developing their own voices and tunes the men listened carefully to these new songs delighted with their success Unfortunately it was not to last as man declared war on the world around him stopped speaking to the trees and cut them down killing animals and birds that were once their friends taking others to serve as slaves And so our great songs were lost in fire and death the words seemed to lose all meaning for a time everything was silent as if in mourning for the events that occurred Now the forests and creatures have renewed their songs though we can no longer understand them if we can just take a moment to revel in their beauty we may remember the smallest fragments of how it was when men first walked