joke

[Guest guest]

A wealthy old lady decided to go on a photo safari in Africa. She

took her 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 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 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, he says... " Where's that damn monkey?

I sent him off half an hour ago to bring me another leopard. "