Eventually, after
thousands of years, the majority of mankind accepted the idea of there being
only one supreme God. This supreme God replaced belief in all of the existing
pagan gods that were worshiped by the ancients. The god of laughter, Gelos, was
not happy about being replaced and decided to stick around and keep an eye on
things.
When Gelos became aware
of the magic flashlight technology, he was greatly concerned about its use to
create laughter. As far as he was concerned, the only legitimate ways to create
laughter were amusing jokes, entertainment and drinking wine until everything
seemed funny. There used to be wonderful festivals when everyone got drunk and
made toasts to the god of laughter. Those were the happiest days. Gelos did not
think that laughter should come from a magic flashlight regardless of other
goodness that might be created. Gelos decided to join Hairy and the committee
for creating good in the world. He arrived on Little Exuma Island in one of
Apollo’s ships and announced that he was there to help the cause.
To be continued…
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