> >>Life
> >>On the first day, 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 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.
> >>
God's Grand Design
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