The Gift of Life
On the very first day, God created the cow.
He said to the cow, "Today
I have created you! As a cow, you must go to the field with the farmer
all day long. You will work all day under the sun! I will give you a
life span of 50 years."
The cow objected, "What? This kind of tough life you want me to live for
50 years? Let me have 20 years, and the 30 years I'll give back to you."
So God agreed.
On the second day, God created the dog. God said to the dog, "What you
are supposed to do is to sit all day by the door of your house. Any
people that come in, you will have to bark at them! I'll give a life
span of 20 years."
The dog objected, "What? All day long to sit by the door? No way! I
give you back my other 10 years of life!"
So God agreed.
On the third day, God created the monkey. He said to the monkey,
"Monkeys have to entertain people. You've got to make them laugh and
do monkey tricks. I'll give you 20 years life span." The monkey
objected. "What? Make them laugh? Do monkey faces and tricks? Ten
years will do, and the other 10 years I'll give you back."
So God agreed.
On the fourth day, God created man and said to him, "Your job is to
sleep, eat, and play. You will enjoy very much in your life. All you
need to do is to enjoy and do nothing. This kind of life, I'll give
you a 20 year life span."
The man objected. "What? Such a good life! Eat, play, sleep, do
nothing? Enjoy the best and you expect me to live only for 20 years?
No way, man... why don't we make a deal? Since the cow gave you back 30
years, the dog gave you back 10 years, the monkey gave you back 10
years, I will take them from you! That makes my life span 70 years,
right?"
So God agreed.
AND THAT'S WHY....
In our first 20 years, we eat, sleep, play, enjoy the best and do
nothing much. For the next 30 years, we work all day long, suffer and
get to support the family. For the next 10 years, we entertain our
grandchildren by making monkey faces and monkey tricks. And for the last
10 years, we stay at home, sit by the front door and bark at people!