A wealthy man decided to go on a safari in Africa. He took his
faithful pet dog along for company. One day the dog starts chasing
butterflies and before long he discovers that he is lost. So, wandering
about he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the
obvious intention of having lunch.
The dog thinks, "Boyo, I'm in deep doo doo now." (He was an Irish setter).... Then he noticed some bones on
the ground close by, and immediately settles down to chew on the bones
with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to
leap, the dog exclaims loudly, "Man, that was one delicious leopard. I
wonder if there are any more around here?" Hearing this the leopard
halts his attack in mid stride, as a look of terror comes over him, and
slinks away into the trees.
"Whew", says the leopard. "That was close. That dog nearly had me."
Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the
whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to
good use and trade it for protection from the leopard.
So, off he goes. But the dog saw him heading after the leopard with
great speed, and figured that something must be up. The monkey soon
catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for
himself with the leopard. The cat is furious at being made a fool of and
says, "Here monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to
that conniving canine."
Now the dog sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back, and
thinks," What am I going to do now?" But instead of running, the dog
sits down with his back to his attackers pretending he hasn't seen them
yet. And just when they get close enough to hear, the dog says, "Where's
that monkey. I just can never trust him. I sent him off half an hour ago
to bring me another leopard, and he's still not back!!"
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