And this First Man was beautiful to see.

And about him were the creations we call nature--the grass, the trees, birds, beasts, even the insects and reptiles.
"And for a time the man went about happy in his life: it was easy to see how happy he was.

And in the lull of the sound of the laboring will Isis heard a scornful laugh, and presently the words, blown across from the sun, "'Thy help, indeed! Behold a creature perfectly happy!' "And Isis fell to knitting again, for she was patient as Osiris was strong; and if he could work, she could wait; and wait she did, knowing that mere life is not enough to keep anything content.
"And sure enough.

Not long until the Divine Wife could see a change in the man.

He grew listless, and kept to one place prone by the river, and looked up but seldom, and then always with a moody face.