[ wp ] Myths tell us where things come from ( ex . echoes are from Echo , a person cursed to repeat what others said ) . Write a mythological origin story for a common modern object .

Many years ago, there was a man who had gone out into the forest, hunting. The forest was thick and it was extremely foggy. This made it hard to see, so when he bumped into a large lizard-like beast which could breathe fire, the man dropped his bow and fell backwards onto the soft forest floor in surprise. 
 
 `` Human!'' The beast cried, speaking directly into the man's mind. `` Spread my influence throughout every kingdom! Make my presence known to the world! If you fail to do this, you shall be marked for death!'' The lizard's voice boomed in his thoughts. `` Begone!'' The word was extremely loud and the man quickly got up and ran away, breathing heavily. 
 
 The next morning, he told his wife about the incident. She believed him completely and suggested he tell the king. So, he set out on a journey from his secluded mountain cabin to the capital city. 
 
 Throughout his journey, he told every person that he could about the lizard-beast. Most did n't believed him, they laughed in his face and called him a fool. When he finally arrived in the city and got to the entrance of the castle, he took a deep breath. 
 
 He reached the throne room and walked down the aisle to the king, and kneeled, telling the king about the thing he had witnessed. `` By the gods!'' the king said. `` A dragon?!'' 
 
 `` No,'' the man said. `` It was a huge lizard.'' 
 
 `` Oh.'' The king said. `` That's kind of funny.'' He then told all of his royal subjects over a dinner party, and the joke of the giant lizard spread about through the kingdom, and eventually the world. 
 
 And that is how the first meme was born.
