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    God created different animals and assigned them various roles and lifespans: donkeys would work for 50 years, dogs would guard houses for 30 years, and monkeys would entertain for 20 years. However, each animal asked to shorten their lifespan - donkeys to 20 years, dogs to 15 years, and monkeys to 10 years. When God created man, he was given dominion over the animals but only a 20 year lifespan. However, man bargained for the extra years the other animals declined, so men first live 20 years as humans, then 30 years as donkeys working, 15 years as dogs in retirement, and finally 10 years as monkeys entertaining grandchildren.

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    God created different animals and assigned them various roles and lifespans: donkeys would work for 50 years, dogs would guard houses for 30 years, and monkeys would entertain for 20 years. However, each animal asked to shorten their lifespan - donkeys to 20 years, dogs to 15 years, and monkeys to 10 years. When God created man, he was given dominion over the animals but only a 20 year lifespan. However, man bargained for the extra years the other animals declined, so men first live 20 years as humans, then 30 years as donkeys working, 15 years as dogs in retirement, and finally 10 years as monkeys entertaining grandchildren.

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    God created different animals and assigned them various roles and lifespans: donkeys would work for 50 years, dogs would guard houses for 30 years, and monkeys would entertain for 20 years. However, each animal asked to shorten their lifespan - donkeys to 20 years, dogs to 15 years, and monkeys to 10 years. When God created man, he was given dominion over the animals but only a 20 year lifespan. However, man bargained for the extra years the other animals declined, so men first live 20 years as humans, then 30 years as donkeys working, 15 years as dogs in retirement, and finally 10 years as monkeys entertaining grandchildren.

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    God created different animals and assigned them various roles and lifespans: donkeys would work for 50 years, dogs would guard houses for 30 years, and monkeys would entertain for 20 years. However, each animal asked to shorten their lifespan - donkeys to 20 years, dogs to 15 years, and monkeys to 10 years. When God created man, he was given dominion over the animals but only a 20 year lifespan. However, man bargained for the extra years the other animals declined, so men first live 20 years as humans, then 30 years as donkeys working, 15 years as dogs in retirement, and finally 10 years as monkeys entertaining grandchildren.

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    THE LIFE OF MAN

    God created the donkey


    and said to him.
    "You will be a donkey. You will work un-tiringly from sunrise to sunset
    carrying burdens on your back. You will eat grass,
    you will have no intelligence and you will live 50 years."
    The donkey answered:
    "I will be a donkey, but to live 50years is much. Give me only 20years"
    God granted his wish.
    God created the dog
    and said to him:
    "You will guard the house of man. You will be his best Friend.
    You will eat the scraps that he gives you and
    you will live 30years.
    You will be a dog. "
    The dog answered:
    "Sir, to live 30years is too much,give me only15 years.
    " God granted his wish.
    God created the monkey
    and said to him:
    "You will be a monkey. You will swing from branch to branch doing tricks.
    You will be amusing man and you will live 20 years. "
    The monkey answered:
    "To live 20years is too much, give me only 10years."
    God granted his wish.
    Finally God created man
    and said to him:
    "You will be a man, the only rational creature on the face of the earth.
    You will use your intelligence to become master over all the animals.
    You will dominate the world and you will live 20years."
    Man responded:
    "Sir, I will be a man but to live only 20 years is very little,
    give me the 30years that the donkey refused,
    the 15years that the dog did not want and
    the 10years the monkey refused."
    God granted man's wish
    And since then,
    man lives 20 years as a man,
    then marries and spends 30 years like a donkey,
    working and carrying all the burdens on his back.
    Then when his children are grown, he lives 15 years like a dog
    taking care of the house and eating whatever is given to him,
    so that when he is old,
    he can retire and live 10years like a monkey,
    going from house to house and from one son or
    daughter to another doing tricks to amuse his grandchildren.

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