A wealthy old lady decides to go on
a photo safari in Africa, taking her faithful pet poodle along for
company. One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before
long he discovers that he is lost.
Wandering about, he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his
direction with the obvious intention of having lunch. The poodle
thinks, "Uh-oh, I'm in deep trouble now!" Noticing some bones on the
ground close by, he immediately settles down to chew on the bones
with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about
to leap, the poodle exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious
leopard. I wonder if there are any more around here."
Hearing this, the leopard halts his attack in mid-stride, a look of
terror comes over him, and he slinks away into the trees. "Whew,"
says the leopard."That was close. That poodle 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 poodle sees him heading after the leopard with great speed,
and figures 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 leopard 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 poodle 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 poodle says, "Where's that damn monkey? I sent him off
half an hour ago to bring me another leopard!"
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