oyote. Everything is fine and G O D does not think anything is wrong until First Woman comes across that forbidden tree. It has all sorts of goodies such as apples, melons, bananas, hotdogs, fry break, corn, potatoes, pizza, and extra-crispy friend chicken. But G O D does not want anybody eating his food and so his Christian rules are made and women are suppressed. In this next story G O D has more control over the situation and is not as novice. Changing Woman falls from the sky directly into Noah’s ark or, as Noah put it, onto a canoe full of animal poop. A little man with a filthy beard jumps out of the poop at the front of the canoe. Who are you? Says the little man. I'm Changing Woman, says Changing Woman. Any relation to Eve? Says the little man. She sinned, you know. That's why I'm in a canoe full of animals. That's why I'm in a canoe full of poop. Noah's blaming of Eve for his dilemma comes from the time-honored Christian belief that women bear primary responsibility for the fall of man. This attitude has its roots in I Timothy, assigning more blame for sin to Eve than to Adam: "I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she is to keep silent. For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a sinner" (I Timothy 3:12-14). Unfortunately, these rule do not apply to Indian women, because according to them, woman was formed first, then Ahdamn. Of course, no one told this to Noah, who confronts Changing Woman with the argument of I Timothy. In any event, man should be the one suppressed, and as we will see later on in the novel, this is exactly what happens. But for now lets get back to our story.Noah mistakenly believes that Changing Woman is a new wife sent to him directly by God (he abandoned the first Mrs. Noah and her children to the Flood when they protested his decision to throw many animals overboard). Immediately,...
