Safari
Posted by: root <root@...>
faithful dog with him, so he doesn't feel so lonely out in the middle
the bush. The first day out on the expedition, the dog starts chasing
butterflies absentmindedly, and before long discovers that he has
become separated from the safari group. He starts wandering around in
the wilderness, lost, when he suddenly notices a leopard a little way off,
heading rapidly in his direction, with the obvious intention of making
a meal out of him.
"Now I'm in serious trouble!" thinks the dog, and starts wracking his
brains to figure a way out of his dire situation. He notices some bones
nearby, and an idea hits him: He settles down comfortably to chew on
the bones, with his back to the leopard. Just as the leopard is about to
pounce, the dog exclaims loudly: "Man, that was one delicious leopard
I just ate! I wonder if there's any more around here?"
Hearing this, the leopard halts his attack in mid stride, a look of
terror on his face, and quietly slinks off into the bush again,
thinking: "Whew! That was close! That demon dog almost got me!".
Meanwhile, a monkey that had been watching the whole scene from the
top of a nearby tree, figures he can put his information to good use,
and trade it with the leopard for protection. So off he scuttles, but the
dog sees him heading after the leopard at great speed, and figures
something is going on.
The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, cuts a deal, and tells
him the whole story.
The leopard, furious at being fooled so easily, exclaims: "That dog! I'm
going to get him for that! So the stupid dog thinks he can make a fool
of me, lord of the wilderness, does he? We'll show him who eats who
around here! Come on, monkey: jump on my back, and we'll go get him!"
The monkey jumps on, and the two of them head off in search of the
dog.
The dog sees the leopard coming from a long way off, this time with the
monkey on his back. "What a sneaky little monkey!", thinks the dog to
himself. "Now what am I going to do?" But instead of running, the dog
sits down on the ground, his back to the attackers, pretending he hasn't
seen them yet, and waits for them to get close enough to hear him.
"Where's that rascal monkey!" exclaims the dog, loudly, "Never can
trust him! I sent him off half an hour ago to bring me another leopard,
and he's still not back!!"