One 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 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.
>> >
>> > On the next day, 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.
>> >
>> > On the next day, God 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
>> >
>> > Then on the next day, 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 grandchildren. And for the last ten years we
>> sit on
>> >the front porch and bark at everyone.
>> >
>> > Life has now been explained to you
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