The leopard, the monkey and the dachshund.
A wealthy old lady decided to go on a photo safari in Africa.
She took her faithful pet dachshund along for company.
One day, the dachshund starts chasing butterflies and before
long he discovers that he is lost. As he wanders about, he
notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the
obvious intention of having lunch.
The dachshund thinks, "OK, I'm in deep trouble now! Then
he notices some bones on the ground close by, and
immediately settles down to chew on them 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, a look
of terror comes over him, and he 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 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 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....
"Now, where is that damn monkey? I sent him off
half-an-hour ago to bring me another leopard!"
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