The Knowledge of Good and Evil

[Serpent hisses] [Eve gasps] SERPENT: I’m sssorry if I ssstartled you Um, where’s Adam? EVE: He’s tending to the olive trees SERPENT: Oh, but all your pretty fruit is bruised now Come. I will show you the sweetest delight in the garden As a surprise for Adam EVE: Really? EVE: Alright SERPENT: Commmeee SERPENT: Here EVE: But this is the one tree in the garden we cannot touch This is the forbidden fruit SERPENT: Did God really say you must not eat from any tree in the garden? Ssssurely not EVE: We may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden Except for the tree in the middle of the garden God has forbidden us to either touch or eat the fruit of that tree For if we do, we shall die SERPENT: Ssss ssss sssss You believe that nonsense sss sss? Of course you will not die ssssss God knows that as soon as you eat it Your eyes will be opened, and you and Adam Will be like gods yourselves You will know Good and Evil EVE: [Gasps] The fruit here is truly beautiful SERPENT: Oh yessssss, it is