"It makes sense," Daniel said, "If it really is a testing of humanity it would have to be by someone who had never read the Book."

Paul leaned against the wall of the shed and thought.

"I think you're right," he said, "but I don't understand why. What is the purpose of making a child choose whether to eat or not eat from God's Tree."

"What if this is all about the Tree and the Garden?" Daniel said. "The serpentines got us out of the Garden by promising us the Book and ...