Quick Thinking

[Cindy!]

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

dachshund 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 him for lunch.

The dachshund thinks, "OK, I'm in deep trouble now!" Then he noticed 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 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. He 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. The dachshund saw the monkey heading after the leopard at great speed, and figured 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 to appear a fool. He said,"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 wonders, "What am I going to do now?" Instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet. 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?