So you take this quote from god literally, so this part to you ISN'T a fairy tales.
No, its about how a man, created in the image of God, has dominion over every other lower form of life, guppies, pack animals, sheeple, bird brains, creeps, etc.....
If you ever hope to rise above the level of a bird brain or a creep, you have to put your hand to the plow and work the earth,
till the soil, make your mind a fertile place for thoughts to grow and bear fruit.
Thats the hidden teaching.
Get your hands dirty. Pull weeds, remove rocks, add fertilizer, plant seeds... you have a lot of work to do...if you ever hope to have a fruitful garden grow.
You cannot enjoy the harvest without laboring in the fields.
If thats just too much trouble for you, you can always remain a creepy thing that creeps.