Subject: One Smart Dog

A wealthy man decided to go on a safari in Africa. He took his

faithful dog along for company. One day the dog starts

chasing butterflies and before long the dog 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, "Oh boy, I'm in deep stuff now."

Then he noticed some bones lying nearby on the ground 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, "Lordy, that was one delicious leopard.

I wonder if there are any more around here?"

Hearing this the leopard halts his attack in mid stride,

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 sees him heading off after the leopard and

figures that something is amiss.

The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the

beans about the dog's ruse and strikes a deal for himself with

the leopard.

The leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says,

"Hop on my back monkey, 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, "Oh boy, it looks like I've really had it now."

But instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to

the leopard and the monkey and pretends that he hasn't seen

them. And just when they get close enough to hear him, the

dog says, "Where the hell is that monkey? I sent him off an

hour ago to get me another leopard and he's still not back."