Creation
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 c alves 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..
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 c alves 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..
P), and it's nice to learn a different version! 
