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I created the mule, and told him 'You will be mule, working constantly from dusk till dawn, carrying heavy loads on your back. You will eat grass and lack intelligence. You will live for 50 years,'
The mule answered 'To live like this for 50 years is too much. Please, give me no more than 20.' And it was so.
Then i created the dog, and told him 'You will hold vigilance over the dwellings of man, to whom you will be his greatest companion, and you shall eat the scraps of his table, and live for 25 years.'
And the dog responded 'Lord, to live like this for 25 years is too much, Please no more than 10 years.' And it was so.
I then created the monkey, and told him 'You are monkey. You shall swing from tree to tree, acting like an idiot. You will be funny, and you shall live for 20 years.'
And the monkey responded 'Lord, to live 20 years as the clown of the world is too much, please Lord, give me no more than 10.' And it was so.
Finally, i made 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 creaturs of the world. You will dominate and live for 20 years.'
And the man responded, 'Lord, to be man for only 20 years is too little. Please Lord, give me the 30 years that the mule didn't want, the 15 years the dog refused, and the 10 years the monkey didn't want.' And it was so.
And so, i made man to live for 20 years as a man, then marry and live 30 years as a mule,working and carrying heavy loads on his back. Then, he is to have children and live for 15 years as a dog, guarding his house and eating the scraps the children leave behind. Then in his old age, he is to live 10 years as a monkey, acting like an idiot to amuse his grandchildren.
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