pet dog along for company. One day, the dog started chasing
butterflies and before long the dog discovered that he was lost.
So, wandering about, he noticed a leopard heading rapidly in his
direction with the obvious intention of having lunch. The dog
thinks, "OK, I'm in deep trouble 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,
"Boy, 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 away 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 dachshund saw him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figured that something must be up. The monkey soon caught up with the leopard, spilled the beans and struck a deal for himself with the leopard.
he leopard was furious at being made a fool of and said, "Here monkey,
hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine." Now 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... and just when they got close enough to hear, the dog said ... "Where's that dam monkey? I sent him off half an hour ago to bring me another leopard."
