Creative Writing

The Story of a Story by Michael Popat

Prologue

“What to write?” “What?” “Don’t worry, I’m thinking.” “About what?” “What to write.” “What to write for what?” “For the story my tutor has set me.” “Well why don’t you write your grandfather’s story?” “But that’s boring. Besides, he has already written it.” “No, he has written one version. If you were to write the version he told you I am positive it would be different.

Anyway, if you were then to get him to write some comments on what you had written, it would be personal. And

I am sure your tutor wouldn’t mind. He would probably think it a great idea!” “Yes, you’re right. He probably wouldn’t mind. Thanks,

Marm, it’s a great idea.”

“Grandfather?” “Yes.” “Could you please tell me the story of your adventure? Just once more.” “No.” “But why not?” “Because you can read and I want to get on with the letter I am writing.” “But...” “No buts. I don’t want to.” “But Loran is only here for a few days and it is her right to hear the story first-hand, not through a book or from another.” “Well maybe, but not right now. How does tomorrow sound?” “No, I think it should be now. Marm is going to take them for a walk round the area tomorrow and you know how long those walks are.” “I guess you are right.” “Good. Come on, let’s go get her.” “But I would like to finish this letter first!” “Tell me this: how long will it take you to tell the first part of the story tonight?” “If I go up to the point where I met Martin, about two hours.” “Well, we will have to be finished by sundown because Loran and the girls are going to the temple tonight.” “Why?” “How should I know? It’s a girl thing, I think.” “Then we will have to start now then. Hang on, let me get my mug of hot canglor.” “Come on.” “All right, all right, I’m coming.” The Story

You want to know my story? Well then, sit back, get nice and comfortable and prepare yourself for a very long story. But before I start, I would like to explain that my story is very complicated and if I tell you only my part of the story, it will be totally, mind-bogglingly confusing. To get the full picture, you have to know the whole of my story, not just the bit that I lived through, since my part of the story is just the last chapter of an extremely long one, one which has been in the making since PT.1

So how is this for an opening - Logic? No, seriously, logic is what I am going to start this story with. A very logical conclusion, one that many people don’t seem to think of when they think about how the Universe was created. Well here it is: If something is created or was created, then through applying common sense and a level of logic we hopefully all have, then you can come to the sensible conclusion that it must have had or have a creator.

I have got just one thing to say – hey, good logic!

But no, on a serious note, it makes true and complete logical sense. If something is created it has to have a creator. It is one of the most simple rules of creation – nothing cannot be if it has not been created; it is like me having a copy of “The Complete Guide to Demons and Angels” before Richard JarKrit wrote it.2

As my friend put it: before you there was this planet; before this planet there was the Universe; and before the Universe there was Time. Last but by no means least, there was something before Time – My Friend. Let me guess, you’re thinking he must be a God. Well, you’re wrong!3 He was the only one – a presence, a being, a thing. This thing was no living being though. This thing was just a consciousness, best described in this Universe as a presence.

I would like to ask a question: why is it that when I have written a perfectly good account of the history that I am part of, you insist on having me tell you the story? Is it because you like the sound of my voice? No, that’s not it, I can tell by the expression on your faces. Is it because you cannot read? No that’s not it. I should know; I taught you how to read. Is it because you are lazy? Yes, that is it. No, it’s no use trying to hide it. You nagged me into getting it written down, by my

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1 PT don’t you know what that is? Well BC is Before Christ, AD is After Death, does that help? No, well then, it’s Pre-Time. My friend made it up, he was given several abbreviations for Pre-Time and that is the one he liked most 2 Could only be obtained through QPI, which sadly was destroyed when one of my friends found out that they were publishing it. I would also like to say that Richard JarKrit did not, repeat, DID NOT survive his, that is to say my friends’ way of thanking him for forgetting to mention him in it (his way of thanks is to slowly dissolve all of the non-vital organs then the bones then the muscles, then to add a final touch to dissolve their brain to the point at which they can only just function and to leave them in a kitchen where food is being made all the time). 3 For your information, Gods were a side effect of the creation of time, which my friend had not bargained for.