In the beginning there was nothing, nothing at all. There was no sky and no Earth. There was no light, there was no darkness. There was no yesterday and no tomorrow. There was no today. There were no people. There was only God.

All at once, suddenly, when there was no one there, God made the sky and the earth. That was the beginning. The earth was a quagmire; it was as dark as mud.

Until something happened. It was God, who said "Light". And, look, there was light.

"That looks good", said God. "Light, from now on, I shall call you day." Then God looked to the darkness. "Darkness mustn't think that it can be the boss." And God commanded "Darkness you there, go and find your own place. You are called night."

That was day one.

Everywhere you looked there was water. Water, water and yet more water. God put the water up in the clouds. Around them he made the air. "I'll call you the sky," he shouted to the air.

That was day two.

 Down below everything was still the same it was wet, wet, wet. That's no good, thought God. He poured all the water into rivers and lakes and seas. The land round about dried up. "I'll call the dry bit the earth," said God.

The earth began to flourish. Grass came through, bushes began to grow and the trees to grew tall.

That was day three.

Then there were lights too. God made the sun and said, "Sun, you are to shine during the day." And the sun shone all day long. Then God made the moon and the stars. "Listen carefully," he said "you'll be the lights of the night." The moon and the stars went to their places. And they shone through the night.

That was day four.

 God made birds. He made red and green birds, yellow and blue birds. "Off you fly," he shouted. And the fish swam in the rivers. You could see the water splashing. They were hurrying to fill the rivers, lakes and seas.

That was day five.

 After that God made other animals. Cows and sheep, giraffes and elephants. And zebra. The zebra tapped his foot impatiently. Wasn't God ready yet? "Yes, yes", sighed God. "I know you are in a hurry. Just three more stripes." When God was finished he shouted "off you go then!" but the zebra didn't hear. He'd already run off. Into the big wide world. God watched him and thought, "he's just perfect."

Then God started work on his masterpiece. He made two people. A man and a woman. And he made them look just like himself. "I'm so glad you're here," he said. "Look at everything I've made: light, sky, and earth and animals. I give them all to you as a gift. Look after them well."

God looked at everything he had made. "What a job it's been," he said, "but it looks beautiful, even if I do say so myself."

That was day six.

 On the last day, God stood up and shouted, "Good morning, seventh day. I shall call you the Sabbath. You're no doubt wondering what I plan to do today? Listen carefully - I'm going to do nothing. Absolutely nothing. Because today I'm going to enjoy my new view."

That was the seventh day.

The end.