"Why, we lack all things!", they shouted. And emptiness and dread filled them. And they heard the Wumpalump walking as a breath of wind for no longer did they feel him within. And they ran and covered themselves with the clothes they lacked.
And the Wumpalump was surprised when he saw them. "Who told you that you lacked clothes? Did you look to the nothingness as I warned you not to?"
Little Lump 1 was afraid. "Little lump 2 told me", he said trembling. And little lump 2 trembled even more. "The seed told me," she exclaimed.
And the Wumpalump looked upon the two little lumps with great sadness because they had chosen the nothingness over all love, all joy, and all peace. With tears i
n his eyes he told them the wisdom they had found. "From now on," he said, "you will feel loneliness, pain, and confusion.. for you have looked to the nothingness. In sorrow will you share creation."
But because the Wumpalump was all love, all joy, and all peace, he had compassion on the little lumps. "One day I will destroy the seed," he promised. "One day I will send my Word. Then no longer will you look to the nothingness. Then no longer will you feel loneliness, pain, and confusion!
So the little lumps, with the wisdom that they had found, were sent to live in the world. And they felt loneliness, pain, and confusion. And as the Wumpalump had commanded they were fruitful and multiplied. But always with wisdom they looked to the nothingness and saw they lacked... so loneliness, pain, and confusion were multiplied.
And some little lumps arose who were wiser than their fellows. They saw what they lacked and with craftiness and guile stole what the other little lumps possessed... thus becoming rich and wealthy.
And other little lumps there were who were wiser and they organized their fellows and gained great power. This way they forced from others the things they lacked.
And thus it was in the world. Each little lump taking from others to fill what he lacked.
And sickness... and hunger... and death stalked the land and no one there was to save them from the nothingness.
But some little lumps remembered the Wumpalump's promise. That someday he would free them from their loneliness, pain, and confusion.
And the Wumpalump was true. He sent his Word. He sent his little love lump into the world to save the world from the nothingness.
And the little love lump was in the Wumpalump. And all the Wumpalump's love, joy, and peace were in his Word.
And the little love lump felt all the Wumpalump's health and wholeness and as he touched the little lumps who thought they lacked... they were made whole. And as he touched the little lumps who thought they were hungry... they were filled.
And the little love lump went about giving all his father's love, joy, and peace. And as these things flowed through him the nothingness melted.
But some little lumps there were who did not understand for they still looked to the nothingness. They still saw what they lacked. They wanted a rich, powerful little lump to subdue the other little lumps and take away the loneliness, pain, and confusion.