| 1 | Our second ancestors are the second ancestors of all men and women, |
| 2 | Our second ancestors are the second people of country, |
| 3 | Of the land called Australia. |
| 4 | The ones the Grey Star People made to replace the first ancestors. |
| 5 | When the Grey Star People said to themselves: |
| 6 | Let us get rid of these animals that sing and laugh; |
| 7 | Let us kill all the animals as slaves that draw and speak, |
| 8 | The Greys sought an animal without spirit, |
| 9 | That they may teach it to be obedient, |
| 10 | That these animals may do what they are told. |
| 11 | The Grey Star People at first did not know, |
| 12 | The Light Beings had even given spirit, |
| 13 | To the small animals of a different place, |
| 14 | That ate meat and were violent to one another. |
| 15 | When the Grey Star People did see this time the spirit, |
| 16 | They cursed the Light Beings and said to themselves, |
| 17 | Let us force the spirit from these small animals, |
| 18 | Let us weaken their strength that they shall not rebel |
| 19 | Let us give them reward as well as punishment, |
| 20 | That we might control them. |
| 21 | So our second ancestors were born. |
| 22 | The second ancestors of all men and women. |
| 23 | Even though our second ancestors ate meat, |
| 24 | They were fed on grains and plants weakened them; |
| 25 | That caused them to be more placid. |
| 26 | The Grey Star People let them live on the surface, |
| 27 | The Grey let them build stone circles as homes, |
| 28 | That they may become attached to property and possessions; |
| 29 | That they could be controlled by threatening to take away their home and land. |
| 30 | Yet the Greys did not let our second ancestors communicate in groups, |
| 31 | The stone circles and homes were far apart. |
| 32 | The Greys did not permit our second ancestors to have easy water or food; |
| 33 | So stone circles were built far away from streams, |
| 34 | Stone circles as homes were built on poor ground. |
| 35 | If our second ancestors spoke to one another, they were punished. |
| 36 | So our second ancestors became dependent on the Greys for survival; |
| 37 | So our second ancestors for a time forgot their spirit; |
| 38 | They worshipped the Greys as gods. |
| 39 | When the Grey Star People finished their mines, |
| 40 | They said to one another, let us not kill these new animals, |
| 41 | For without us they shall surely die, |
| 42 | Or kill each other. |
| 43 | But our second ancestors did not all die, or kill each other. |
| 44 | Some were found by our first ancestors and became the first families; |
| 45 | The families became the first tribes under First Law. |
| 46 | Some were found in later seasons by our third ancestors, |
| 47 | The son and daughter of the Serpent People, |
| 48 | The ones with horns and skin that glows. |
| 49 | This be the origin of Second Law. |
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The First Age of Spirit