narrated by francisco m. africa.

during the dawn of humanity, some angels headed by satanas revolted against god. they wanted to establish a kingdom for themselves. in a battle against the army of god, in which god himself was present, satanas threw a handful of sand into god’s face; but the heavenly monarch just laughed, and said, “i turn the sand back to thee. the particles shall become the scourge of all ages to thee and to thy followers, o satanas!”

no sooner had god uttered these words than the particles of sand became a mighty swarm of locusts, that flew in all directions. such was the beginning of the pest.