The Meaning of LIFE

God created the dog and said "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks by. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years."

The dog replied, "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.

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.

God created the cow and 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's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years."

The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life and you want me to live for sixty years? How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?"

And again God agreed.

God then 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, right?"

"Ok" said God. "You asked for it."

So that is why for 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 near the door of our house and bark at everyone.

Friends, LIFE has now been explained to you.