THE LIFE OF MAN

GOD created the DONKEY and told him, `You will work tireless from
sunrise up to sunset, carrying heavy bags on your back, you will eat
grass. You will not have intelligence and you will live 50 years. You
will be a DONKEY!`
The DONKEY answered, `I will be a DONKEY, but living 50 years is too much, give me only 20 years!` and God gave him 20 years.

GOD created DOG and told him ` You will look after man`s house, you
will be his best friend, you will eat whatever they give you and you
will live 25 years, You will be a DOG.`

The DOG answered `GOD, living 25 years is too much, give only 10 years!` and GOD gave him 10 years.

GOD created the MONKEY and told him, `you will jump from branch to
branch , you will do silly things, you will be amusing and you will
live 20 years, you will be a MONKEY!`

The MONKEY answered ` GOD, living 20 years is too much , give me only 10 years!` and GOD gave him 10 years.

Finally GOD created MAN and told him, `you will be a MAN the only
rational being on this earth and you will use your intelligence to
control other animals, you will dominate the world and you will live
for 20 years.

The MAN answered, GOD I will be a man but living 20 years is not
enough, why don`t you give me the 30 years that the DONKEY refused, the
15 years that the DOG didn`t want and the 10 years that the MONKEY
refused ?`
That
was exactly what GOD did, and since then: MAN lives 20 years like a
MAN, then he gets married and spends 30 years like a DONKEY, working
and carrying the load on his back, then when his children leave he
spends 15 years like DOG looking after the house and eating whatever is
given to him. Then he gets old, retires and spends 10 years like a
MONKEY, jumping from house to house or from children to children, doing
silly things to amuse his grandchildren.