A wealthy man decided to go on a safari in Africa. He took his faithful pet
dachshund along for company. One day, the dachshund starts chasing
butterflies
and before long the dachshund discovers that he is lost.
Wandering about, he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with
the obvious intention of having lunch. The dachshund thinks, "I'm in deep
trouble now!" Then he notices 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 dachshund 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 as a look of terror
comes over him, and slinks away into the trees. "Whew," says the leopard.
"That
was close. That dachshund 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 dachshund 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 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 dachshund 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 dachshund says:
"Where's that dang monkey? I sent him off half an hour ago to bring me
another leopard."
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