God created the donkey and told him:
“you will work tireless from sun up to sun down, carrying
heavy bags on your back, you’ll eat grass, you will not
have intelligence and you live 50 years. You will be an
DONKEY!”
The donkey answered:
“I’ll be a donkey,but living 50 years is too much,give me only 20 years”
And God gave him 20 years.
God created the dog and told him:
“You will look after the men 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.”
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.”
The monkey answered:
“God, living 20 years is too much, give only 10 years “
and God agreed.
Finally, God created man, and told him:
“You will be Man, the only rational being on this
earth, you will use your intelligence to control other
animals, you will dominate the world and will live for
20 years.”
The man answered:
“God, I’ll be man, but living 20
years is not enough, why don’t you give me the 30 years
that the donkey refused, the 20 years that the dog did
not want and the 10 years that the monkey refused.”
That was 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, spend 15 years
like a dog, looking after the house and eating whatever
is given to him, then he gets old, retires, and spend
10 years like a monkey, jumping from house to house or
from children to children, doing silly things to amuse
the grandchildren.
