Originally posted by Rapscallion
A wealthy man decides to go on a safari in Africa. He
takes his faithful pet dachshund along for company.
One day, the dachshund starts chasing butterflies and
before long the dachshund 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 dachshund thinks, "OK, I'm in deep
trouble 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 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, and 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, "Where's that darn monkey?
I sent him off half-an-hour ago to bring me another
leopard."
