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?"
And God said that it was
good. 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 again said that
it was good. 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 it was
good. On the fourth day, 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.
Yep. Front porch. Works for me. :)
ReplyDeleteMe too, Vicki!
DeleteGet off my lawn!!!
ReplyDeleteNo! :o)
DeleteDon't have a front porch and the hoa does the yard work, guess I'll just have to go play (as much as my old bones will let me!).
ReplyDeleteMy grandma had a porch like that- would give my eye teeth to see it once again!
DeleteAnd it's all true! :o)
ReplyDeleteThat is PERFECT! Still grinning!!
ReplyDeleteLOL! Give LL and CGD a pat on the head for me! :o)
DeleteNail...meet hammer!
ReplyDelete...I can sure identify.
Me, too Barb (but I gotta get a dog....)
DeleteThis is going to get some airplay among my friends! Just too funny!
ReplyDeleteI'm still a 'lubber', but will return to the sea pretty danged soon. While a boat does not have a technical 'front porch', the whole deck could be considered a wrap around porch of a sort. Any road, there I'll be barking away!
Fair Winds and Following Seas
Cap'n Jan
Your blog and Tales and Tails (for the pictures) have become my favorite stops! Well, of course the 'Book of Barkley' blog, which may be where I found your blog.
Glad you liked it Cap' Jan! Any port in a storm always makes a wonderful front porch!
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