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''''How the Sky and the Earth Made People'' was People was created in collaboration with the Malagasy people at Antsiranana, Madagascar. Its aim is to preserve ancestral stories and offer a language learning tool centred on Malagasy culture. It is a written transcription of a traditional Malagasy oral tale, recorded and adapted for children while respecting its original meaning.''
Before people came and joined the animals, there was only the sky and the earth. Everything was quiet until the earth and the sky began to tal to each other. First, the earth created bodies. And then, the sky breathed life into them. These were the first humans and they belonged to both earth and sky. And so people lived between sky and soil and they planted and learned and remembered, especially how they came to be. When they grew old and died, their bodies returned to the earth and their life returned to the sky. And that is why the earth and the sky are both revered. Only together can they create human beings. And that is why people must pay attention to, and care for, both.