Subject: Clever Canine
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 doodoo now."....
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 his
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!!"