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 , "Boy , 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 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!!"
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