A POODLE ON SAFARI
Added on: 18th May 2016
A WEALTHY OLD LADY
DECIDES TO GO ON A SAFARI IN AFRICA,
TAKING HER POODLE ALONG FOR COMPANY.
ONE DAY THE POODLE STARTS CHASING
BUTTERFLIES AND BEFORE LONG,
DISCOVERS THAT HE'S LOST.
WANDERING ABOUT,
HE NOTICES A HUNGRY-LOOKING LEOPARD
HEADING RAPIDLY IN HIS DIRECTION.
THE POODLE THINKS,
"UH, OH!" 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 POODLE EXCLAIMS LOUDLY,
"BOY, THAT WAS ONE DELICIOUS LEOPARD!
I WONDER IF THERE ARE ANY MORE AROUND HERE?"
HEARING THIS, THE 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 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 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 LEOPARD IS FURIOUS AT
BEING MADE A FOOL OF AND SAYS,
"HERE, MONKEY, HOP ON MY BACK
SO YOU CAN WATCH ME CHEW
THAT POODLE TO BITS!"
NOW, THE 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 WAITS UNTIL THEY GET
JUST CLOSE ENOUGH TO HEAR.
"WHERE'S THAT DAMN MONKEY?"
THE POODLE SAYS.
"I SENT HIM OFF AN HOUR AGO
TO BRING ME ANOTHER LEOPARD!"
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