The Old Poodle
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 leopard heading rapidly in her
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, 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 fokes...age and treachery will always overcome youth and
skill! Brains and brilliance only come with age and experience!
If you don't send this to five old friends right away there will be five fewer people
laughing in the world.
May you be blessed everyday by a friend who loves you.............