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On the first day God created the cow. God said,

"You will go into the field with the farmer and

suffer under the hot sun, have calves and give

milk to support the farmer and for this I will

give you a life span of sixty years."

The cow said, "That's sort of a tough life you

want me to live for sixty years. Let me have

twenty years and you can have the other forty back."

God agreed.

On the second day, God created the dog. God said,

"You'll sit all day by the door of your house and

bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I'll

give you a life span of twenty years."

The dog thought then said, "That's too long to be barking.

Give me ten years and I'll give back the other ten."

So God agreed.

On the third day God created the monkey. God

said, "You'll entertain people, do monkey tricks,

and make everyone laugh. I'll give you a life

span of twenty years."

The monkey said, "How boring, monkey tricks for

twenty years? I don't think so. The Dog gave you

back ten, so that's what I'll do also, okay?"

And God agreed again.

On the fourth day God created man. God said,

"You'll eat, sleep, play, have sex, and enjoy

life. Your life span will be twenty years." Man

thought and said, "What? Only twenty years? No

way. Tell you what, I'll take my twenty, plus the

forty the cow returned, and the ten the dog gave

back and the ten the monkey gave back. That

totals eighty years, okay?"

"Okay," said God, "you've got a deal."

So that's why for the first twenty years we eat,

sleep, play, have sex, and enjoy life; for the

next forty years we slave in the hot sun to

support our family; for the next ten years we do

monkey tricks to entertain our grandchildren; and

for the last ten years we sit in front of the

house and bark at everybody.