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The Old German Shepherd

A wealthy old Gentleman decides to go on a hunting safari in Africa , taking his
faithful, elderly German Shepherd along for the trip.


One day the old German Shepherd starts chasing rabbits and before long,
discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he notices a leopard heading
rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch.


The old German Shepherd thinks, 'Oh, oh! I'm in deep doo-doo 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 German Shepherd 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 German Shepherd 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 German Shepherd
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 German Shepherd 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 German Shepherd 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 the old dogs... age and skill will always overcome youth
and treachery! BS and brilliance only come with age and experience.