Kaban ni Mulong: ANG IRO, ANG UNGGOY, ANG BAKA UG ANG TAWO

On  the first day, God created the dog and said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks   past.  For this, I will give you a life span of  twenty years."

The dog said,  "That's a long time to be barking.  How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?"

And God saw it was good.

On the second   day, God created the monkey and said, "Entertain people, do  tricks, and make them laugh.  For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span."    

The monkey  said, "Monkey tricks for twenty years?  That's a pretty long time to perform.  How about I give you back ten like the dog  did?"

And God, again saw it was good.

On the third day, God created the cow and said, "You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family.  For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years."

The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty  years.  How about twenty and I'll give back the other  forty?"

And God agreed it was good.

On the fourth  day, God created humans and said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry  and enjoy your life.  For this, I'll give you twenty years."

But the human said, "Only twenty years?  Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back and the ten the dog gave back; that   makes eighty, okay?"

"Okay," said God, "You asked for it."

So that is why for our first twenty years, we eat, sleep, play and   enjoy  ourselves.  For the next forty years, we slave in the sun to  support our family.  For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren.  And for the last ten years, we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained to you.    

There is no need to thank me for this valuable information.  I'm doing  it as a public service.  If you are looking for me, I will  be on the front  porch.






(Bug-os ang pasalamat sa  KAHAYAG  ngadto sa nagsulat sa  paambit nga si  Atty. ROMULO  M. BACOL.  Nagtakuban siya sa pangalang, "MULONG".  Gradwado siya sa Abellana National High School, sa dakbayan sa Sugbo  isip Valedictiorian. Usa siya ka kanhi COMELEC Supervisor. Gitapos niya ang  kursong abogasya sa University of the Philippines. Human sa iyang pagserbisyo sa kagamhanan isip COMELEC Supervisor, milalin siya ngadto sa  Tinipong Nasod sa Amerika, nagpaniid ug nagsunod siya sa mga talagsaong  butang ug panghitabo  nga sarang ikapaambit niya  sa mga kahigalaan. Sa pangedaron nga 75 anyos, hinog ug lapad na kaayo ang iyang kahibalo  sa  lain-laing hisgotanan nga motukbil sa atong inadlaw-adlaw nga talan-awon ug kasinatian.)