Eve was digging in the Garden when she discovered she was being watched by a rather ugly snake. She returned its stare with a look of disgust and was even more upset when it spoke to her.

"Hey, babe, wazzup?" Picking up her spade, Eve stomped towards the snake, who quickly began sliding back to wherever it had come from.

"Ignore the stupid snake and keep on digging, for God's sake," interrupted Adam who was lying in the shade eating the fruits Eve had recently picked for him. He was enjoying his new found power overly much she thought, especially where she was concerned. Eve turned and looked at Adam not knowing who she wanted to hit most with the spade, him or the snake. "Look Woman," he continued, "I was made first so I'm in charge. Your job is to do what I tell you to, that's what God said." He spoke with complete confidence.

The Almighty and Powerful God had left the scene moments earlier, exhausted from battling with Adam. His offering of a companion had rather backfired. He had hoped the introduction of Woman might inspire Adam to become less arrogant but it had done just the opposite. Adam had decided that Woman was there to work and he was there to supervise.

God had to be honest with himself. Adam and Eve were not the most successful of his creations so far. In fact He hadn't had a moments rest ever since he made them. He couldn't have come up with a worse pair. Adam was arrogant and lazy, Eve manipulative. God knows why but Adam had struggled to understand why He needed to create another person in the first place and his whining had only stopped when God explained that He had created Woman in order to help do all the things Man couldn't. He gave up all hope of improvement when Adam barely listened to His big speech on which fruits they could and couldn't eat, only having eyes for the naked Woman standing in front of him.

In another part of the Garden Eve was leaning on her shovel listening intently to the snake. "The only way you could ever take control of the Garden is if you eat the fruit from the tree God told you not to. It will give you the same knowledge that God has and allow you to outsmart Adam."

Eve heard this with interest but wondered if the snake really knew what he was talking about. "God told me and Adam," she said, "that if we ever ate the fruit from that tree we would die or something. How do you know we won't, you aren't the creator of all things like he is ..."

"... that's true but you must realize that God is new to all this creating business. He wanted to create Man, to whom he could entrust His new world and look at what He ended up with, that idiot Adam."

Eve agreed that perhaps The Almighty God was not as omnipotent as He liked to think and wouldn't it be a great improvement to have power over Man. She felt sure she would be better at being in charge.

Together Eve and the snake made a plan. The snake would distract Adam, allowing Eve to climb the Tree of Good and Evil and pick the fruit.

Later, hidden deep within the tree she bit into the fruit. The taste was bitter and immediately brought with it the knowledge that what she had done would have terrible consequences. Unable to bear the thought of facing God alone she gave the remaining fruit to Adam, concealed in the food she prepared for him and when he ate, along with the bitter taste in his mouth came the knowledge that he had eaten the forbidden fruit.

Hearing Adam's scream of fury God rushed to the Garden. He saw Adam and Eve fighting and the remains of a piece of fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil on the ground. Cowering in His presence they stopped fighting and realized their nakedness, desperately trying to hide behind each other in their shame.

An angry God demanded an explanation.

"She gave it to me," accused Adam.

"The snake deceived me," protested Eve and she saw it, fearing for its safety, slipping away into the Garden to watch from a distance.

"I am your Lord God and you have disobeyed me," roared God in His wrath. "This is your punishment. Woman, you shall have increased pain in childbirth and your husband will rule over you for ever, and Man, because you have listened to the voice of your wife, you shall toil all the days of your life until you return unto the dust from which you came and henceforth you are both banished forever from the Garden. Get your things and leave."

Seeing it was hopeless to argue with this enraged God, Eve smiled sweetly, "I really have to do something first," she pleaded, "I'll meet you when I'm finished."

Adam and God were left alone, "Adam," said God, "I am very disappointed in you, I thought that you at least would show me more respect."

But Adam was adamant that he had been wrongly accused. "It's not my fault, I didn't know I was eating the forbidden fruit. You're being extremely unfair. Eve tricked me."

God grew impatient "That's not good enough, you must learn to take responsibility for your actions."

"I think I just became an atheist," said Adam and turned his back on God and left.

Eve met him at the gates of Eden, "I'm sorry for getting us thrown out of the Garden," she said, her hands clasped behind her back.

"That's OK," said Adam, "I was never too keen on the landlord anyway. I'm sorry for being such a jerk."

Kissing him lightly on the cheek, Eve whispered, "I have something for you," and gave him the present she'd been hiding.

Adam's eyes lit up, "Cool," he said, "A pair of snakeskin pants."