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AN OLD DOG HAS
SOME NEW TRICKS TOO
A
wealthy lady decides to go on a photo safari to
Africa, taking her elderly poodle along for
company.
One
day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before
long discovers that he's lost. Wandering about,
he
notices
a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the
intention of having lunch.
The
old poodle thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep s--t
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. 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?"
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. So off he goes,
but the old poodle 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
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". Now,
the old poodle 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 the attackers, pretending he hasn't seen
them yet. Just when they get close enough to
hear, the old poodle says: "Where's that monkey?
I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another
leopard!"
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