THE FIFTH BOOK OF APES, CALLED
LIES
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SECOND BOOK OF LIES
The apes come to believe in one God
Chapter 1
aFrom the time that the first pictogram was inscribed on a rock, the ape called man recorded words of all descriptions on rocks and stones of all descriptions.
2As the inscriptions grew old and became one with the stone they defaced, the apes came to believe that the words were wise.
3bAnd as generation followed generation,
4New inscriptions were added to the old, and the apes believed these too because they were written in stone,
5And if it happened that one inscription said something different from another inscription,
6cThe priests were there to explain everything.
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