The gods tried again and created men using wood. They could speak! They lived for a while, but there was a problem. They didn’t have a brain or a heart. After some time, they forgot about their creators and stopped praising them.
Tepeu and Gucumatz sent a fl ood to destroy these men. Some of them could escape into the jungle. There, they turned into monkeys.
fl ood: n. a very large amount of water that covers an area that is usually dry
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