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 only ten years and I’ll give you
back the other ten?’ So God agreed.
On the second 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 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 back the other forty?’ 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 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
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 now.
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