Bull and Brilliance
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 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 trouble
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, 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
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 monkey? I sent him off an hour ago to
bring me another leopard!
Moral of this story....
Don't mess with old folks .. age and treachery will
always overcome youth and skill! Bull and brilliance only
come with age and experience.
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