Eve was walking in the Garden of Eden, when a serpent came over.
“Eat this apple,” said the serpent.
Eve, having been instructed by God, refused.
“Eat this apple,” insisted the serpent, “you must look more beautiful for your man.”
“No need,” answered Eve, “there is no other woman besides me.”
The serpent laughed: “Of course there is.”
And, since Eve didn’t believe him, he took her high up on a hill, where there was a well.
“She is in that cave; Adam is hiding her in there.”
Eve leaned forward and saw, reflected in the water down the well, a beautiful woman. Immediately, without hesitation, she ate the apple the serpent was offering her.

by Paulo Coelho

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