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 of
twenty years."
The dog said, " That's a long time to be barking. How about ten
years and I will give you back the other ten."
On the second day, God created the monkey and said,
"Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this I
will 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 sighed.
On the third 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 you back the
other forty."
And God agreed again.
On the fourth day, God created man and said, "Eat, sleep,
party, marry and enjoy your life. For this I will give you
twenty years."
But man said, "Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me
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 for our 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.
There is no need to thank me for this valuable information,
I am doing it as a public service.