SAFARI HUNT….
July 14th, 2005
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 discovered he was lost.
Wandering about he noticed a leopard heading rapidly in his
direction with the obvious intention of having lunch. The dog
thought, “Oh boy, I’m in deep doo-doo now.”
Then he noticed some bones on the ground close by, and immediately
settled down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching
cat. Just as the leopard was about to leap, the dog exclaimed
loudly, “Man, that was one delicious leopard. I wonder if there
are any more around here?” Hearing this the leopard halted his
attack in mid stride, as a look of terror came over him, and
slinked his way into the trees.
“Whew”, said the leopard. “That was close. That dog nearly had me.”
Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a
nearby tree, figured he could put this knowledge to good use and
trade it for protection from the leopard. So, off he went. 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, spilled the beans and struck a deal for himself
with the leopard. The cat was 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.”
The dog saw the leopard coming with the monkey on his back, and
thought, “What am I going to do now?” But instead of running, the
dog sat down with his back to his attackers pretending he hadn’t
seen them yet. Just when they got close enough to hear, the dog
said, “Where’s that monkey. I can never trust him. I sent him off
half an hour ago to bring me another leopard, and he’s still not
back yet!!”