The Sashan believe that the world was originally an orchard laid out by Agen for his pleasure; but maggots hatched in the apples and grew into men. To punish them, Agen sent down an angel with a golden box, which he forbade them to open. Needless to say, as soon as the angel had gone, they opened it, and out flew Death, Sickness, War, Poverty and all the other evils that plague mankind. All except one; Hope was too feeble to climb out of the box, and the stupid humans, not realising that Hope is the greatest torment and deceiver of them all, lifted her out and took her for their own.
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