"Whatever.
Have you got the Manna-X or not?"
"Got. Along
with some other stuff." Solomon looked dejected and opened the door.
"Follow me."
The small square golden room dimmed in comparision
with the secret expanse behind the hidden door. Masses of jewels, coins and
ingots of precious metals were piled high, some touching the great hall's
beautifully muraled ceiling some 20 metres up. Lying here and there were an
assortment of crowns and treasures, and chests filled with jewellery of all
kinds.
"Nice, isn't
it?"
"What is
this place?"
"My
collection, my treasure."
"Really?
Nice."
"But my real
treasures are over here." Solomon motioned God to follow him over to the
right, to a small area cornered off from the sparkling world around it.
"Over here."
God recognised a
few of the artifacts sitting on display.
"Oh, isn't
that...?"
"Yes, the
Golden Lyre of Sumeria. And over there are the Aye-aye skinned bongos of Kush."
"Lovely."
God gave the lyre a pluck, closely followed by a blow on a golden kazoo right
next to it.
"Careful!
That's the sapphire and diamond encrusted kazoo of Quetzalcoatl! Put it
down!" God opened his mouth and let it fall back next to the lyre. There
were more things here than just sacred musical instruments. There was Joseph's Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, a bit
faded now, probably left out in the sun for a few centuries. Not so technicolor
anymore, more two-colour. And Noah's rudder, big and strong, even with a bite
in it from some ancient predator who couldn't find a pair. There was even a
bottle of Samson's shampoo, mango fruit, of course. Solomon started to
introduce his collection as the proud owner of all.
"Nice stuff."
"Stuff?" Solomon moved on, down the
display, past books and documents. God read a few titles off the spines, The
Idiot's Guide to
Mummification, 1001
recipes for Lentils, How to build a Pyramid in 100 easy steps, and
of course the best seller, Things you mustn't say to your de-throned
mother-in-law. Solomon noticed God's interest. "I have The Old
Testament, too, in many versions. Maybe you can tell me which one is the
original?" God laughed.
"Hey!"
God stopped at a set of books which included astrology, astronomy,
ecological substance development, mathematics and quantum physics. "You've
got The Olmecian Almanac!"
"Yes, I had
to save up a lot of stamps for those. These…" Solomon
pointed to a small collection of toys. "These are the pinnacle of my
collection. You can forget all the gold and jewels, these are the real sacred treasures."
"They're toys."
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