God created the mule and told him, "You are mule. You will work constantly from dawn to dusk, carrying heavy loads on your back. You will eat grass and lack intelligence. You will live for 35 years."
The mule answered, "To live like this for 35 years is too much. Please give me no more than 20."
And it was so.
Then God created the dog and told him, "You are dog. You will hold vigilance over the dwelling of Man to whom you will be his greatest companion. You will eat his table scraps and live for 30 years."
The dog responded, "Lord, to live for 30 years as a dog like that is too much. Please no more than 10 years."
And it was so.
God then created the monkey and told him, "You are monkey. You will swing from tree to tree, acting like an idiot. You will be funny and you shall live for 20 years."
The monkey responded, "Lord, to live 20 years as the clown of the earth is too much. Please, Lord, give me no more than 10 years."
And it was so.
Finally God created Man and told him, "You are Man, the only rational being that walks the earth. You will use your intelligence to have mastery over the creatures of the earth. You will dominate the earth and live for 20 years."
Man responded, "Lord, to be Man for only 20 years is too little. Please, Lord, give me the 15 years the mule refused, the 20 years the dog did not want and the 10 years the monkey rejected."
And so God made Man to live 20 years as a man, then to marry and live 15 years like a mule, working and carrying heavy loads on his back. Then he is to have children and live another 20 years as a dog, guarding his house and eating the leftovers after they empty his pantry. Then, in his old age, to live 10 years as a monkey, acting like an idiot to amuse his grandchildren.
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When I first came across this some time ago, I thought it was amusingly accurate of the average man's life, sickly cynical probably but nevertheless witty. I took the trouble to print several copies of this and distribute them among friends and relatives who are my "senior citizen" contemporaries. The reactions I received were contrary to my expectation. Either people have a tendency to lose their sense of humour in their old age or the people I distributed this to felt that it hit too close to home. Nobody was amused and none had so much as a giggle out of reading it, much less a fit of uncontrollable laughter!
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