**All** **Life Explained**** ***
When God created the dog, He said: “Sit all day by the door of your
house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I
will give you a life span of twenty years.” The dog said: “That’s a
long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I’ll give you
back the other ten?” So God agreed.
Next, God created the monkey and said: “Entertain people, do tricks,
and make them laugh. For this, I’ll give you a twenty-year life span”
The monkey said: “Monkey tricks for twenty years? That’s a pretty long
time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the Dog did?” And
God agreed.
God then created the cow and said: “You must go into the field with the
farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk
to support the farmer’s family. For this, I will give you a life span of
sixty years.” The cow said: “That’s kind of a tough life you want me
to live for
sixty years. How about twenty and I’ll give back the other forty?” And
God agreed again.
Finally, God created man and said: “Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy
your life. For this, I’ll give you twenty years” But man said:
“Only twenty years?
Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the
ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes
eighty, okay?” “Okay,” said God, “You asked for it.”
So that is why the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy
ourselves. For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our
family. For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the
grand-children. And for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and
bark at everyone.
Life has now been explained to you.