In and Out

Let’s call them Deva and Devi.

‘I bet he’ll look out’ Deva said.

‘It’s not he. It’s she. She may look out first but will look in soon’ Devi said.

They had stopped by Earth. Some quirk in the earth caught Devi’s attention, so they had stopped. He then wanted to play a game. He wanted to clone a baby from his earwax. She sportingly joined and added a drop of her blood and the baby, the would-be-human, lay on the earth. Then they programmed into the baby the knowledge they wanted it to have. Devi believed that all power is within and Deva that it’s all without. So they were hedging their bets very much like that baby’s later descendants called mother and father try to predict their would-be-baby’s looks.

‘All right, leave her, we have a long travel ahead’ Deva said.

Devi had a wistful look at her and followed Deva,

As they were traveling she looked back a few times. First time she looked disappointed but later she looked pleased.

Deva asked something to her. She was looking at the earth, so she didn’t reply. Deva caught her at it.

‘So you can’t forget your doll. Girls are always like that’ he said. Then he looked hard at the earth.

‘See, they are looking out. They have sent a vehicle to the next ball. They call it Enterprise. How cute! One day they may find us’ Deva said.

Devi smiled and quietly pointed a finger ahead.

There was a small procession far ahead of Deva and Devi and completely ignoring them.

‘They are our children who looked in’ Devi said.

Swami Sampurnananda, Genre 273, No. 42; 28 Jan 2004 Lalgarh Kuthia No. 1, 8.35 p.m.