LIFE EXPLANATION

Life's Explanation

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.

Then 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.

Then 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.

Thereafter 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.

Sincere thanks to JWO.R.Ganesan (Retd) , Tambaram