A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa , taking her faithful aged poodle named Cuddles, along for the company.
One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, Cuddles discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he comes upon a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch.
The old poodle thinks, "Uh, oh! I'm in deep shit now!"
Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat, and just as the leopard is about to leap, the old poodle exclaims loudly,
"Boy, that was one delicious leopard! I wonder if there are any more around here?"
Hearing this, the young leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees.
"Whew! ", says the leopard, "That was close! That old poodle 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 in hot pursuit, but the old poodle sees him chasing after the leopard and figures something must be up.
The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself.
The young 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!"
Before they approach the old poodle sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and plays out his plan. As before, 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 old poodle says.
"Now where's that damn monkey? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!
Moral of this story....
Don't mess with old geezers...age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill!
Logic and brilliance come with age and experience.
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