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!!" |
