What really happend in the Garden of Eden.

     There is an apocryphal tale from the Bible that goes like this (when summarized extremely briefly): Adam had one friend in the garden, and that was Dog (his named gets capitalized because it was, at the time, a proper name, not a generic noun).  After Eve bit the apple and then got Adam to do so as well, God called them and all of the creatures of the Garden together.  As He was about to pass sentence on the couple for their transgression, God asked all of the animals present if any of them would stand beside Adam in judgement.  All of them turned their backs on Adam accept for Dog.  Before casting Adam and Eve out of the garden, God made several decrees, but I will only mention two.  For this loyalty, God made dog and man (see, generic nouns, so no capitals) companions from that day forward, each to the others' benefit.  For their disloyalty, God made the rest of the creatures of the Garden subservient to Adam--labor to till his fields, leather for his clothes, meat for his table, and so on.
     As is the case with so many old stories, details get lost or confused, so you should all know that this is not what really happened.  I have done research, traveled to historic sites, consulted various Papal documents, and held extensive interviews in order to find out what really did happen, which was this: Adam and his buddy Dog, after who knows how long of living in the Garden (before the advent of females, which proved to be a rather thorough distraction from the plan for quite some time, apparently) had grown incredibly sick of being confined with nothing new to explore and no new mischief to get up to.  As they were innocent, they did not realize that they were mischievous, because they had no malign intent.  In a fit of cleverness one day, they devised a plan to get out of the Garden by getting Eve to eat a bit of the forbidden fruit.  How exactly they managed this was very simple--they just asked her to do it, and out of love she complied.  As history can attest, the plan worked spectacularly.
     So, the story really isn't about Man's (or Woman's, for that matter) fall from grace.  It's really the story of the first prank, played on God by Adam and Dog.  And the first debt, which the same two owe Eve.