as the cracked old syllables unrolled , bashfullsson went on : `` the first thyng tak did , he wroten hymself ; the second thyng tak did , he wroten the laws ; the thyrd thyng tak did , he wroten the world ; the fourth thyng tak did , he wroten ay cave ; the fyfth thyng tak did , he wroten a geode , ay egge of stone ; and in the gloamyn of the mouth of the cave , the geode hatched and the brothers were born ; the first brother walked towards the light , and stood under the open sky- '' `` this is just the story of the things tak wrote , '' cheery whispered to vimes .