The village of Efsee was located a long distance from the industrial city of Zhuo-Zhuo. The King of that land was a kindly fellow called Wu-Wang. He was an objective King, so he did not always notice what his subjects got up to. The Wu-Wang's Kingdom had a relaxed country atmosphere, and the people worshipped the monotheistic deity known as 'Ought', or 'Aut' as he was called in the village of Efsee.

This religion, 'Oughtism' considered that everything in the Cosmos had been created by 'Aut'. It was a terrible taboo to question the authority of 'Ought', and yet it had become a common practice amongst a group of young people in the village of Efsee to debate if the entire cosmos had indeed been created by him.

Wednesday was the holy day of these people, for as the Great Big Black Book told them:
     'Ought created the world in seven days. On Wednesday morning he wrote about his creation, and on Wednesday after lunch he had an afternoon nap. And so, from then on, everyone had to read from the Great Big Black Book on Wednesday morning, and every Wednesday afternoon they could relax and do what they pleased. So long as they went back to work on Thursday.

On Friday, Aut (and his entire creation) bounced up and down in rhythm to The Great Machine which kept the Cosmos in Auder, while bright lights flashed in their eyes, making them nauseous. The music was loud enough to make sue that nobody could hear what anybody else was saying, which prevented arguments quite effectively.

On Saturday Aut watched his creation perform contests to see who could run the fastest or jump the highest. And; on Sundays they attended singing lessons. It was vital that the words sung were not adhered to or understood. In fact, it was better if the singing were in an ancient unused language called 'Oldlish'.

One Wednesday afternoon, a group of people were congregated around a table at a coffee shop. Symon was antagonistic: "Its just dumb to suggest that there is some guy somewhere controlling all our lives. How could the entire world have been created in a mere week?"

Ben was a more relaxed fellow, always trying to keep the status quo. "Symon, you know it is taboo to question the Great Authority? The Big Black Book says thats the way it is, so that's just the way it is."


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