A wealthy man decided to go on a safari
in Africa. He took his faithful pet Dachshund dog along for company.
One day, the Dachshund starts chasing butterflies and before
long the Dachshund discovers that he is lost. Wandering about, he
notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious
intention of having lunch.
The Dachshund thinks, "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 damn monkey? I sent him off half an
hour ago to bring me another
leopard."
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Moral:It doesn't matter what cards you hold but how you play them!!
