11 In those days there came a great wetness upon the land, and the heavens were shut, and the sun gave no light.
2 And it came to pass that two children were left to abide in the house; they abode. In the Greek, ekathisan—they sat, they remained, they kept vigil.
3 For it was too cold and too wet to labor in the fields or to play at ball in the agora. So they sat in the house all that cold, cold, wet day.
4 Now the daughter was called Atseyti, which being interpreted means Princess, and the son sat with her, and they were two.
5 And the son spake, saying, Lo, how our hearts yearn for purpose. For the ancients hid wisdom saying "we had something to do" but the true meaning is ergon—a divine work.
21 And while they yet abided—Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit!—for four times they abided, and they liked it not, not one little bit.
2 Then there came a sound. Lo, a great bumping upon the threshold, so that they leapt.
3 And they looked, and behold, a figure stepped in upon the mat. And his appearance was as a man, yet clothed in the manner of the priests.
4 For this is euhemerism: That which the children called The Cat of the Lord was in truth no beast, but a man, Katsus by name, of Hattia, a wandering thaumaturge and teacher of tricks, whom later generations revered and taught its wisdom to their own children.
5 And he said unto them, Why abidest thou as those who have no hope? I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but there can be much good fun for life.
6 And his word for "fun" was euphrosyne, which the vulgar translate as amusement, but which is truly translated as joy in the spirit.
31 And the mother was not in the house, for she had gone out for the day.
2 But there was in the house a Fish in a pot, who was the prophet and the law, and he cried out.
3 The Fish said, No! No! Make that Cat go away! For the Fish keepeth the Law of the House, and saith, He should not be here when the mother is out.
4 But the Cat answered, Have no fear. And his tricks were not evil, but signs, semeia, that he might show them.
5 Then he took the Fish and lifted him up—and stood upon a sphere, holding a book in one hand, and a cup upon his crown.
6 And here is the steganography of the ancients: For the book signifieth the Logos, and the cup signifieth the covenant, and the ball upon which he standeth is the world, which is round, and unstable to those who have no balance.
7 And he cried, Look at me! Look at me now! With a cup and a cake upon my crown! Two books! And the fish upon a rake! And a little ship! And milk! And a fan held by his tail!
8 This was his semantic elevation: that which seemed mere household objects were in truth the abundance of the Kingdom—wisdom, sustenance, journey, nourishment, and the breath of spirit which fans all.
9 But being unbalanced, he fell with a bump, and all the Spirits One and Two fell, and the toy ship sank deep in the cake, and the mother's gown was thrown down, and the rake was bent.
10 And the Fish said, Now look what thou hast done! Look at this house! Look at this! Look at that! Thou shouldst not be here when our mother is not.
41 Then saith the Cat, I will show you another game that I know. And he went out fast as a fox, and returned with a Box, a great red wood Box, shut with a hook.
2 And he said, I call this box riddle Kibotos Box. In the Greek kibotos—ark, chest, reliquary.
3 And he opened the Box, and there came forth two spirits, and he called them Spirit One and Spirit Two.
4 For this is the intentional allegory: Spirit One and Spirit Two are not children in costume, but are Logos and Chaos, twin daemons of creation and destruction, who do not bite, but desire to play.
5 And they shook hands with the children, but the Fish spake, Put them out! They should not be here when your mother is not!
6 And the Cat said, Have no fear, they are tame. Oh, so tame! They have come to play.
7 Then the Spirits One and Two did fly kites in the house, which the Law forbiddeth. And they bumped upon the walls in the hall. Even a loud bumping.
8 And upon the string of one kite they hung the mother's new gown, with dots pink, white and red, and they bumped upon the head of her bed.
9 And they ran about with big bumps, jumps and kicks, and all kinds of bad tricks.
51 And the Fish shook with fear and said, Behold, your mother is on her way home! Do you hear? What will she say?
2 Then the son took up a net, which is diktuon—that which gathers and redeems, and he cast it down with a loud sound and gathered Spirit One and Spirit Two.
3 And he said unto the Cat, Now thou do as I say. Pack up those Spirits One and Two and take them away.
4 And the Cat was sorrowful, saying, Oh! What a shame!
5 And he shut up the Spirits One and Two in the box with the hook, and went away with a sad kind of look.
6 And the Fish said, That is good, he is gone. But your mother will come and find this big mess! And this mess is so big and so deep and so tall, we cannot pick it up. There is no way at all!
7 And THEN! Who was back in the house? Why, the Cat! And he said, Have no fear of this mess. I always pick up all my playtime objects.
8 And he picked up the cake, and the rake, and the gown, and the milk, and the strings, and the books, and the dish, and the fan, and the cup, and the ship, and the fish.
9 For this is the miracle of apokatastasis—the restoration of all of the Holy Objects—where what was scattered is gathered and what was bent is made straight.
10 And he put them away. Then he said, That is that. And he was gone with a tip of his crown.
61 Then the mother came in, and she said unto the two, Did you have any fun? Tell me. What did you do?
2 And the daughter and the son knew not what to say. Should they tell her the Spirits One and Two that went on there that day?
3 Should they tell her about it? Now, what should they do?
5 Here endeth the lesson. Let him who hath ears to hear the hidden Spirits One and Two, hear.