A wealthy man decided to go on a safari in Africa. He took hisfaithful (and intelligent) pet dachshund along for company.

One day, the dachshund starts chasing butterflies and before long thedachshund discovers that he is lost. Wandering about, he notices aleopard heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious intention ofhaving lunch. The dachshund thinks, I'm in deep trouble now!

Then he noticed some bones on the ground close by and immediatelysettles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approachingcat.Just as the leopard is about to leap, the dachshund exclaimsloudly, Boy, that was one delicious leopard. I wonder if there areany more around here?

Hearing this, the leopard halts his attack in mid-stride, as a look ofterror comes over him, and slinks away into the trees.

Whew, says the leopard. That was close. That dachshund nearly hadme.

Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from anearby tree figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade itfor protection from the leopard. So, off he goes.

But the dachshund saw him heading after the leopard with great speed,and figured that something must be up.

The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans andstrikes a deal for himself with the leopard. The leopard is furious atbeing made a fool of and says, Here monkey, hop on my back and seewhat's going to happen to that conniving canine.

Now the dachshund sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his backand thinks What am I going to do now?

But instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to hisattackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet... and just when theyget close enough to hear, the dachshund says.....................Where's that damn monkey? I sent him off half an hour ago to bring meanother leopard.