Pamucklian for Chocolate

Chapter Six

101 six B efore Josiah could learn about the life and works of Jesus Christ, he first had to learn about God, who was the father of Jesus Christ, otherwise the life and works of Jesus Christ would be out of context. So Josiah spent his first day of homeschooling in the home of Johnson Davis, which began shortly after Josiah finished his breakfast, which his mother believed to be his first breakfast consisting of food other than chocolate, though it was not, and during which he could think about very little except Bree, learning about how God created the world and all of the plants and the animals and even the dinosaurs and eventually the people, beginning with Adam and Eve, who were naked. Josiah’s mother told Josiah that Adam was a man and was also the very first man and therefore he was the only man like himself on the planet, making things very lonely for Adam. There were birds and there were sheep and there were lions and tigers and probably bears and even bugs and fish but there was no one else or no thing else that looked like Adam, even though Adam, unlike the other animals , was made in God’s image, meaning that Adam looked similar to what God would look like if he were able to see him, however Adam, like us, could not see God, only hear his voice, which was a great and intimidating voice, so that all that Adam could see, when looking around, was that he was the only one of his kind. 102 • parnucklian for chocolate Josiah’s mother also told Josiah that, after some time, God decided to create a woman for Adam, to be friends with and marry and have children with, so he waited until Adam was asleep and took out one of his ribs, magically, so that it did not hurt Adam, and turned that rib, magically, into a woman, similar to a man but different, named Eve, who, just as Adam was the first and only man, became the first and only woman. Josiah’s mother told Josiah that Adam, who was a good man, loved Eve very much, but that Eve, who was not a good woman, had tempted Adam to do something very wrong; had corrupted him, and Josiah’s mother told Josiah that he should be careful and immediately tell his mother if anyone ever tried to tempt him to do something he shouldn’t be doing. Josiah nodded repeatedly as his mother said this, though his thoughts were focused on Bree, as they had been ever since Josiah ’s mother had mentioned Eve being naked, which reminded him of times when Bree had been naked, or partially naked, such as the time that she had come into his room with a soccer jersey and no pants and the time that she had worn the green bikini with white swirlies, which were the only two times that Bree had been naked or partially naked that Josiah was aware of or had witnessed firsthand. Josiah thought about Bree throughout the remainder of the day’s lesson, his thoughts—other than those about Bree being naked —mostly dealing either with what had happened between he and Bree two nights earlier, which, when Josiah thought about it, mostly confused him, or Josiah’s thoughts dealt with what would happen between he and Bree during the coming weekend, when Bree would return to the home of Johnson Davis. On Wednesday evening of that week, while Johnson Davis and Josiah ’s mother and Josiah were sitting at the dinner table, Josiah’s mother asked Johnson Davis if he would like it if she and Josiah were to come with him to pick up Bree from her school that Friday, but Johnson Davis informed Josiah’s mother that Bree would not be coming to stay with them for the next two weekends, as she had b.h. james • 103 gone with her mother, the former wife of Johnson Davis, to visit various family members in Chicago. Since the previous Saturday, when Josiah had last seen Bree— despite the fact that when he thought about Bree he sometimes became angry or upset—Josiah had missed Bree very much and was very much looking forward to seeing her again and possibly speaking to her about the things that had happened between them and what they...