The Beginning Of Memory
The Lark's Solution: A Tale of Memory Before Creation
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There's a story in an ancient play about birds called The Birds
Refers to a story in an ancient play called "The Birds" about birds.
And it's a short story from before the world began
Describes a short story from a time before the existence of the world.
From a time when there was no earth, no land.
Depicts a period with no land or earth, only air and birds.
Only air and birds everywhere.
Highlights the absence of a place for the birds to land due to the lack of land.
But the thing was there was no place to land.
Emphasizes the dilemma faced by the birds as there was no land to land on.
Because there was no land.
Reiterates the absence of land, indicating the birds' continuous flight.
So they just circled around and around.
Describes the endless circling of birds due to the absence of a place to land.
Because this was before the world began.
Reinforces the timeframe as before the world began, explaining the conditions.
And the sound was deafening. Songbirds were everywhere.
Highlights the overwhelming sound of countless songbirds filling the air.
Billions and billions and billions of birds.
Emphasizes the sheer abundance of birds, a vast number beyond measure.
And one of these birds was a lark and one day her father died.
Introduces a specific bird, a lark, and a significant event of her father's death.
And this was a really big problem because what should they do with the body?
Raises the problem of what to do with the lark's father's body due to the absence of land.
There was no place to put the body because there was no earth.
Reiterates the challenge of finding a place for burial due to the lack of earth.
And finally the lark had a solution.
Reveals the lark's solution to the problem of burial for her father.
She decided to bury her father in the back if her own head.
Details the lark's decision to bury her father's body in the back of her own head.
And this was the beginning of memory.
Indicates that this act was the beginning of memory for the birds.
Because before this no one could remember a thing.
Explains that before this act, there was no memory; birds flew endlessly without recollection.
They were just constantly flying in circles.
Describes the prior state of the birds, constantly flying in circles without memory.
Constantly flying in huge circles.
Reiterates the continuous flight pattern of the birds before the beginning of memory.
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