Quick Thinking
A wealthy man
decides to go on a safari in Africa. He takes his faithful pet dog along for company. One
day the dog starts chasing butterflies and before long he discovers that he is lost. He
then notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious intention of
having him for lunch.
The dog thinks, "Boy, I'm in deep doo-doo now." Then he notices some bones on
the ground close by, 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,
"Man, 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, and slinks away into the trees.
"Whew!" says the leopard. "That was close. That dog nearly had me."
Meanwhile, a monkey, 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 after the leopard with great speed, and figures
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 cat 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."
Soon the dog sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back. 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 dog says, "Where's that monkey? I just can't
trust him. I sent him off half an hour ago to bring me another leopard and he's
late!"