Mike Resnick - The Pale Thin God

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THE PALE THIN GOD

by Mike Resnick

He stood quietly before us, the pale thin god who had invaded

our land, and waited to hear the charges.

The first of us to speak was Mulungu, the god of the Yao

people.

"There was a time, many eons ago, when I lived happily upon

the earth with my animals. But then men appeared. They made fire

and set the land ablaze. They found my animals and began killing

them. They devised weapons and went to war with each other. I

could not tolerate such behavior, so I had a spider spin a thread

up to heaven, and I ascended it, never to return. And yet _you_

have sacrificed yourself for these very same creatures."

Mulungu pointed a long forefinger at the pale thin god. "I

accuse you of the crime of Love."

He sat down, and immediately Nyambe, the god of the Koko

people, arose.

"I once lived among men," he said, "and there was no such

thing as death in the world, because I had given them a magic

tree. When men grew old and wrinkled, they went and lived under

the tree for nine days, and it made them young again. But as the

years went by men began taking me for granted, and stopped

worshiping me and making sacrifices to me, so I uprooted my tree

and carried it up to heaven with me, and without its magic, men

finally began to die."

He stared balefully at the pale thin god. "And now you have

taught men that they may triumph over death. I charge you with the

crime of Life."

Next Ogun, the god of the Yoruba people, stepped forward.

"When the gods lived on Earth, they found their way barred by

impenetrable thorn bushes. I created a _panga_ and cleared the way

for them, and this _panga_ I turned over to men, who use it not

only for breaking trails but for the glory of war. And yet you,

who claim to be a god, tell your worshipers to disdain weapons and

never to raise a hand in anger. I accuse you of the crime of

Peace."

As Ogun sat down, Muluku, god of the Zambesi, rose to his

feet.

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