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 man and said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry > and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years." > But man 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. Go forth.
 | aha... im still on my first twenty years, hehehe! wink! wink! how about you sir tonny? hehehe! |
 | Ayus Tony! Ang galing nito! |
 | On the fourth day, God created man and said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry > and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years."
> But man 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. Go forth.  uhhhh Tony! i never heard of this story... its cool that its nothin but the truth!!! if we'll think of it, we born, grow, live, and every satge of life we don't realized that we end up like that!!!! it might not be true for all but i'm sure it almost the same thing for everyone... |
 | hahahaha.. nice. pacopy ako sir tony, ok lang? i'll post it on my blog. |
 | Im about to turn 21 next year T_T that means my first 20 years is almost over. huhuhu oh heck im the one who decides what I do with my life not the dog or the monkey or the cow. =D |
 | man....im just 1/4 of the span and im already barking at everyone. :( |
 | That is a good one Tony, I like that. |
 | Saan nga bang chapter sa Genesis 'yun? Napilas ko yata.... wow thanks I found it here! |
 | actually, I am involved in a bible discussion group, I will use this as an illustration Tony ha... Though at times we monkey around, at least we did not evolved from them... |
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