LEOPARD….
July 19th, 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 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, “Boy, I’m in deep doo doo 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 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!”