In the beginning, you lived inside the Egg. That is where Crake made you. 

Yes, good, kind Crake. Please stop singing or I can’t go on with the story. 

The Egg was big and round and white, like half a bubble, and there were trees inside it with leaves and grass and berries. All the things you like to eat. 

Yes, it rained inside the Egg. 

No, there was not any thunder. 

Because Crake did not want any thunder inside the Egg. 

And all around the Egg was the chaos, with many, many people who were not like you. 

Because they had extra skin. That skin is called clothes. Yes, like mine. 

And many of them were bad people who did cruel and hurtful things to one another, and also to the animals. Such as . . . We don’t need to talk about those things right now. 

And Oryx was very sad about that, because the animals were her Children. And Crake was sad because Oryx was sad. 

And the chaos was everywhere outside the Egg. But inside the Egg there was no chaos. It was peaceful there. 

And Oryx came every day to teach you. She taught you what to eat, she taught you to make fire, she taught you about the animals, her Children. She taught you to purr if a person is hurt. And Crake watched over you. 

Yes, good, kind Crake. Please stop singing. You don’t have to sing every time. I’m sure Crake likes it, but he also likes this story and he wants to hear the rest. 

Then one day Crake got rid of the chaos and the hurtful people, to make Oryx happy, and to clear a safe place for you to live in. 

Yes, that did make things smell very bad for a while. 

And then Crake went to his own place, up in the sky, and Oryx went with him.