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Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 4:02 PM
Subject: LIFE
On the first day God
created the dog. God said, "Sit
all day by the door of your house and bark at
anyone
who comes in or walks past. I will give you a life
span of twenty
years."
The dog said, "That's too long to be barking. Give
me ten years
and I'll give you back the other ten."
So God agreed.
On the second day God
created the monkey. God said,
"Entertain people, do monkey tricks, make
them
laugh. I'll give you a twenty-year life span."
The monkey said, "How
boring. Monkey tricks for
twenty years? I don't think so. Dog gave you
back
ten, so that's what I'll do too, okay?" And
God
agreed.
On the third day God
created the cow. God said,
"You must go to the field with the farmer all
day
long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give
milk to support
the farmer. 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. Let me have twenty
and
I'll give back the other forty." And God
agreed
again.
On the fourth day God
created man. God said, "Eat,
sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. I'll
give
you twenty years."
Man said, "What? Only twenty years?! Tell
you
what, I'll take my twenty, and the forty the cow
gave back and the ten
the monkey gave back and the
ten the dog gave back...that makes eighty,
okay?"
"Okay", said God, "You've got a deal."
So that is why the
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.
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