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, "OK, I'm in deep trouble now!" Then he noticed
some bones on the ground close by. He 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. 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.
The dachshund saw the monkey heading after the leopard at
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 to appear a fool. He
said, "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 wonders, "What am I going to do now?" Instead of
running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers,
pretending he hasn't seen them yet. Just when they get close
enough to hear, the dachshund says, "Where's that darn monkey? I
sent him off half an hour ago to bring me another leopard."
(Author: Unknown to Me)
PAGE DEDICATION
To My Friends
May you always be clever like the Dachshund.
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