Dog,
Leopard & Monkey
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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