Life:
On the first day God created the dog and 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 on 20 years."
The dog said "that's a long time to be barking. How about only 10
years and i'll give you back the other 10?
So God agreed.
On the second day, God created the monkey and said: "Entertain
people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this this, i'll give
you a 20 year life-span."
The monkey said: "Thats a pretty long time to perform. How about
I give you back 10 as the dog did."
And God agreed.
On the third day, God created rhe 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 milk to support the farmers family. For
this I will give you a life span of 60 years."
The cow said: "thats kind of a tough life you want me to live for
sixty years. How about 20 and i'll give back the other 40?"
And God agreed again.
On the fourth day, God created Man and said: "Eat, sleep, play,
marry and enjoy your life. For this I'll give you 20 years."
But man said: "only 20 years? Could you possibly give me my 20,
the 40 the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back and the
ten the dog gave back? that makes 80, okay?"
"okay," said God. "you asked for it."
That is why, for the first 20 years of our life, we eat, sleep,
play and enjoy ourselves. For the next 40 years we slave in the
sun to support our family. For the next ten years we do monkey
tricks to entertain our grandchildren. And for the last 10 years
we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.
There,
life has been explained to you.