pinched this from a girl on another forum....
A wealthy man decided to go on a safari in Africa and he took his
faithful
pet dachshund along for company.One day, the dachshund started chasing
butterflies and before long discovered that he was lost. Wandering
about
he noticed a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious
intention of having lunch.The dachshund thought, "OK, I'm in deep
trouble
now!" Just then he noticed some bones on the ground close by and
immediately settled down to chew on the bones with his back to the
approaching cat. Just as the leopard was about to leap, the dachshund
exclaimed loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious leopard. I wonder if
there
are any more around here?" Hearing this the leopard halted his attack
in
mid-stride, as a look of terror came over him, and slinked away into
the
trees. "Whew," thought the leopard. "That was close.That dachshund
nearly
had me." Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from
a
nearby tree figured he could put this knowledge to good use and trade
it
for protection from the leopard.So, off he went.But the dachshund saw
him
heading after the leopard with great speed, and figured that something
must be up. The monkey soon caught up with the leopard, spilled the
beans
and struck a deal for himself with the leopard. The leopard was furious
at
being made a fool of and said, "Here monkey, hop on my back and see
what's
going to happen to that conniving canine." Again the dachshund saw the
leopard coming, now with the monkey on his back,and thought, "What am I
going to do now?" But instead of running, the dog sat down with his
back
to his attackers, pretending he hadn't seen them yet... and just when
they
got close enough to hear, the dachshund said......................
"Where's that damn monkey?I sent him off half an hour ago to bring me
another leopard."