About 700,000,000 years ago, the two gods, Orner and Hiltis, met in a temple. Orner was a middle-aged god with dark hair and blue eyes. Hiltis was thin with black hair and light brown eyes. "I want to go and make another planet," said Orner. "No," said Hiltis. " We have already made enough planets." "But this one will be more gorgeous than all of the others!" Orner said anxiously. "Very well," sighed Hiltis. "Go and make your planet." "Thank you very much!" Orner cried happily.

So, Orner went to go make his planet. First, he made the soil. "Now, let there be light!" he cried, and there was light. "Let there be plants!" he called, and there were plants. "Now, let there be animals." he said lightheartedly. Soon, animals of all shapes and sizes began to appear. " Let there be water," Orner said happily. Almost immediately, light blue water began to form. The water joined into rivers. The rivers pooled into oceans. "I will call this planet Earth."

Two years later, Hiltis thought to himself, "Surely Orner is done with his planet by now. I will go to see it." So, he went down to see Orner's planet. Unfortunately, he landed in the Mohave Desert. Although in ancient times, the deserts were cool and damp, they were still pretty bare of plants. "Why, this planet is nothing but sand and bushes!" Hiltis screamed angrily. "I only gave Orner permission to make this planet because he told me it would be beautiful!" He assumed the entire planet looked this way.

Hiltis was so angry that he set fire to all of the bushes. The fire roared for three days. The heat was so intense, it found its way deep into the Earth. It was this that made the deserts so dry. So when the desert soil cracks, the heat is released and sets all dry brush on fire.