Life According to the Chinese

Why are you working so hard?

On the very first day of the world, God created the cow.He said to the cow: "Ah Gu (cow), today I have created you! Your job is togo to the field with the farmer all day long.You will provide the energy topull things! You will also provide milk for people to drink! You are to workall day under the sun! In return, you will only eat grass. For that, youwill have a life span of 50 years." Ah Gu objected. "What.. I work all dayin the sun and I get only to eat grass! On top of that, I have to give mymilkaway! This is tough and you want me to live 50 years! I'll take 20 and youcan have the remaining 30 years back!" God agreed.

On the next day, God created the dog. He said to the dog. "Ah Kow (dog), Ihave created you for a purpose. You are to sit all day by the door of yourmaster's house! Should anyone come in, you are to bark at them! In return,you will eat your master's leftovers. I'll give you a life span of 20years." Ah Kow objected. " What! I have to sit by the door all day and willneed to bark at people, and what do I get...LEFTOVERS...This isn't right,I'll take 10 and you can have the remaining10 years back!" God agreed again.

On the third day, God created the monkey. He said to the monkey. "Lao Kao(monkey), your job is to entertain people.You will make them laugh, actstupid and make faces!You will also do somersaults and swing on trees toamaze them. In return, you will get to eat bananas and peanuts.For that,I'll give you 20 years to live." Naturally the monkey objected. "This isridiculous,I gotta make faces and make people laugh let not even cometo thepart about the trees and somersaults. Tell you what, I'll give10 years ofmy life to thank you for my existence and I'll take 10.What do youthink?"God agreed again.

On the forth day, God created humans. God said to the man. "You are my bestpiece of work, for that, you will only need to sleep,eat, sleep, play, eat,sleep again and do nothing else.You will get to eat all the best things andplay with the best toys. All you need to do is enjoy all your life.For thiskinda of life, I'll give you 20 years."Just like the rest, the manobjected."What, all I need to do is relax and enjoy myself and I haveonly 20years to live? Tell you what, you've 30 years back from Ah Gu, 10 yearsfromAh Kow and another 10 from Lao Kao and you probably don't know what todo with all those lifes. Why not I take them all and I'll have 70 years tolive?"God being such good natured, agreed with a smile.....


And THAT IS WHY..... We eat, sleep, play and enjoy for the first 20 years ofour lives when we are growing up. Work like a cow for the next 30 to raiseour family. Sit outside the door and bark at people for the next 10 when weare retired.And finally, we make faces and perform monkey tricks toentertain our grandchildren for the final 10 years.GET IT !