A man on safari in Africa took his faithful pet dog, Fluffy, along for company.
One day, Fluffy was chasing butterflies and soon discovered he was far away
from his master. Looking around he noticed a leopard heading quickly in his
direction.
He said, "Oh boy, I'm in trouble now!" Thinking quick, he noticed some bones on the ground nearby. Immediately, he settled down and began chewing on the bones, his back to the racing leopard.
Just as the leopard was about to leap, Fluffy exclaimed loudly, "That was one delicious leopard. I wonder if there are any more around here?"
Hearing that, the leopard halted his attack mid-air, a look of terror on his face. He slunk away into the trees thinking, "Whew, that was close! That dog nearly had me"
Meanwhile, a monkey watching from a nearby tree figured he could trade his knowledge of what happened for protection from the leopard, and off he went. However, Fluffy saw him heading after the leopard and figured something must be up.
The monkey caught up to the leopard and told his tale. The leopard, furious at being made a fool of, said, "Here monkey, hop on my back and see what I do to that sneaky dog."
Fluffy saw the leopard
coming with the monkey on his back, and again thought quickly of a solution.
He sat down with his back to the leopard and the monkey, pretending he hadn't
seen them. When they were close enough to hear, he said, "Where's that
monkey. I can't seem to trust him. I sent him off half an hour ago to bring
me another leopard, and he's
still not back!"