Nevertheless, I took those shears and cut through the sewing machine s electrical cord. You know what happened. Sparks flew everywhere. Color flashed blue and orange before my eyes. As the cord fell, half this way and half that, I dropped the scissors and ran away to hide.
Children do that when they are frightened.
I hid in the darkest part of the basement where no one would find me. I was so afraid about how much trouble I would be in that I stayed there the rest of that afternoon, hiding in shame. Adam and Eve crouched down in the bushes while God was taking his daily walk in the Garden of Eden in the cool of the day. They had disobeyed his word, reached beyond the boundary he had established, touched and ate something forbidden. The taste of death was still on their lips.