On the first day, God created the dog and said:
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> 'Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes
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> in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty
years.'
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> The dog said: 'That's a long time to be barking. How about only
ten
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> years and I'll give you back the other ten?'
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> So God agreed.
>
> On the second day, God created the monkey and said:
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> 'Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll
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> give you a twenty-year life span.'
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> The monkey said: 'Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty
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> 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:
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> 'You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer
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> 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
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> 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
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> 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
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> 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
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> the front porch and bark at everyone.
>
> Life has now been explained to you.
>
> '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.
