Melu was a giant being who lived on the clouds. He created the earth from the dead skin he rubbed off his body. He then created two human-like beings to live on the earth, but Tau Tana intervened and placed their noses upside down. A rainstorm nearly drowned the people since the water ran into their upside down noses, so Melu turned their noses the right way up. The people saved materials as Melu instructed, and he used them to create more people for company on the earth.

1. THE WORLD AND IT’S
BEAUTY
Characters:
Melu and Tau tana

2. CHAPTER 1
In the very beginning there lived a being, so
large that he can not be compared with any
known thing. His name was Melu ,and when
he sat on the clouds, which were his home,
he occupied all the space above. His teeth
were pure gold, and because he was very
cleanly and continually rubbed himself with
his hands, his skin became pure white. The
dead skin which he rubbed off his body was
placed on one side in a pile, and by and by
this pile became so large that he was
annoyed and set himself to consider what
he could do with it.

3. CHAPTER 2
Finally Melu decided to make the earth; so
he worked very hard in putting the dead
skin into shape, and when it was finished he
was so pleased with it that he determined
to make two beings like himself, though
smaller, to live on it.
Taking the remnants of the material left
after making the earth he fashioned two
men but just as they were all finished
except their noses, Tau Tana from below
the earth appeared and wanted to help
him.

4. CHAPTER 3
Melu did not wish any assistance, and a
great argument ensued. Tau Tana finally
won his point and made the noses which he
placed on the people upside down. When
all was finished, Melu and Tau Tana
whipped the forms until they moved. Then
Melu went to his home above the clouds,
and Tau Tana returned to his place below
the earth.

5. CHAPTER 4
All went well until one day a great rain
came, and the people on the earth nearly
drowned from the water which ran off their
heads into their noses. Melu, from his place
on the clouds, saw their danger, and he
came quickly to earth and saved their lives
by turning their noses the other side up.

6. CHAPTER 5
The people were very grateful to him, and
promised to do anything he should ask of
them. Before he left for the sky, they told
him that they were very unhappy living on
the great earth all alone, so he told them to
save all the hair from their heads and the
dry skin from their bodies and the next time
he came he would make them some
companions. And in this way there came to
be a great many people on the earth.