Unquenchable greed

Abstract

The story goes that when God created the donkey, he told the animal that working from sunrise to sunset for its master was its destiny and that it will have no intelligence but it will live fifty years. The donkey responded by saying: “My Lord! Fifty years of this kind of life is excessive. Give me only twenty years.” The request was granted. God created the dog and said that it will guard the house of its master and become his best friend. It will eat the crumbs given by his mater and will live thirty years. The dog responded by saying: “My Lord! Thirty years of this kind of life is excessive. Give me only fifteen.” The request was granted.

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