A wealthy old
lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa, taking her faithful
aged poodle named Cuddles, along for the company.
One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long,
Cuddles discovers that she's lost. Wandering about, she notices a
young leopard heading rapidly in her direction with the intention of
having lunch.
The old poodle thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep trouble now!" Noticing
some bones on the ground close by, she immediately settles down to
chew on the bones with her 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?"
Hearing this, the young leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a
look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees.
"Whew!", says the leopard, "That was close! That old poodle 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, 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 her back to her attackers,
pretending she hasn't seen them yet, and just when they get close
enough to hear, the old poodle says: "Where's that damn monkey? I
sent him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!"
Moral of this story..
Don't mess with old farts...age and treachery will always overcome
youth and skill! Bull**** and brilliance only come with age and
experience!