Life Explained

Life Explained   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  humans and said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life.  For this, I'll  give you twenty years." But the human 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. There is no need to thank me for  this valuable information.  I'm doing it as a public service. If you are looking  for me I will be on the front porch.