Yorkshire Bible Stories by David Hallamshire

GENESIS 1 

When God first started art like, when he were just getting things off ground as it were, there weren't much of owt to talk of. It were just this sort of shapeless stuff floating abart doing nothin. Anyhow, God says,
"Let there be light," he says. "Let there be light."
And does tha know it were as if switch had gone on in a cubby hole. There were light all over place. And God thought,
"By eck that's grand." So he says, "Let's have a bit on that dark stuff an'all, to set light off a bit."
So there were suddenly some dark bits and some light bits and He called light bits 'daytime' and dark bits 'nighttime' and so He ended up wi' very first day.
Then God has a think abart it and He thinks,
"I know," he thinks. "I know. What I'll do is I'll seperate them vapours to form sky like, ont top bit, and oceans ont bottom bit."
So God goes and meks sky and some oceans and this were ont second day.
And then God has a think abart it for a bit and scratches His chin like tha does when tha's thinking and He says,
"I know what. I'll gather all that water together like in oceans, and then some land'll come art of oceans and there'll be summat to grow things on. Ah..A reet good idea," He says to him sen, on account as there were no-one else to talk to at that time see.
So God goes and meks this bit what were land and He says,
"I'll call that 'earth' and t'old watery bit can be 'seas'." And he did. And he were dead chuffed abart it cos things were goin reet well.
Anyhow, after that, He has a look rarnd and He says,
"Let's have lots of grass and seed plants and fruit and trees wi' seeds in 'em, and then they can go mad for a bit and sprout up all over place mekkin other plants and fruits and stuff."
And so he made grass and seeds and trees and plants and fruits and alsorts of stuff cos he were reet enjoying Him sen. And all this were ont third day.
So after a good night's kip God has a look rarnd and He says,
"What I need to set this off right is a lot of bright lights int sky. And then we can have day and night and seasons and stuff like that. Ah...good idea that."
And so He made 'em like He said and there were this thing what were a sun and this other thing what were a moon, so they could like take it in turns for days and nights. And then He thought,
"And while I'm at it we might aswell have some stars an'all." So he made 'em dead quick and scattered 'em abart a bit and He were dead pleased. And all this were ont fourth day.
And then on fifth day God says,
"What we need is some things what swim int sea and sort of wiggle and then we can have stuff what flies abart and meks noises and that." And so He goes and meks birds and t'fish int sea and He tells 'em to go and multiply by 'emselves and cover all earth and that. And that were ont fifth day that were.
et food from ground and what have you.

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