The
Old Poodle
A wealthy old
lady decides to go on a safari in Africa, taking her faithful aged
poodle named Cuddles along for company.
One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long,
Cuddles discovers that he's lost.
Wandering about,
he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the
intention of having lunch.
The old poodle
thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep doo-doo now!"
Noticing 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 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, thinks 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 his back to his attackers, pretending he 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...
Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill! Bullshit
and brilliance only come with age and experience!
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