The Sun saw this strange sight of an animal walking about, upright, on its hind legs, instead of running about on all fours, as all the other animals did, and because he had never seen such a sight before, it surprised him very much indeed.
"Is he a Man, Mother Nature?" he asked.
"No," Mother Nature told him. "He is not a Man yet."
"Why not?" said the Sun.
"Because he has not yet learned to think. He is just like all the other animals so far. But I am going to make him think very soon, and when he does, he will begin to be a Man."
"How are you going to make him think?" the Sun asked.
"I am going to make him hungry."
"Will that make him think?"
"Yes. If he needs food to keep himself alive, and doesn't find it right at his hand, he will have to think of a way to get it, or starve. And I don't believe he will let himself starve. You see, Sun, I have tried the same thing over and over, on a great many other worlds, and the laws that God has made always work."
Then Mother Nature sent for Cold and had a talk with him.