Man
in Africa
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, "Boyo, I'm in deep doo doo now." (He
was an Irish setter).... 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!!"
