One day, the dachshund starts chasing butterflies and before long the
dachshund discovers that he is lost. So, wandering about, he notices a
leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious intention of
having lunch.
The dachshund thinks, "OK, I'm in deep trouble now!" Then he noticed
some bones on the ground close by, and immediately settles down to chew
on the bones with his back to the approaching cat.
Just as the leopard is about to leap, the dachshund 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-stride, a look of
terror comes over him, and he slinks away into the trees.
"Whew," says the leopard. "That was close. That dachshund 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 dachshund saw him
heading after the leopard with great speed, and figured 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 and see what's going to happen to that conniving
canine."
Now the dachshund 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
dachshund says... "Where's that damn monkey? I sent him off half an hour ago
to bring me another leopard!"