Darn funny. I say, darn funny!

"SMART POODLE"

A wealthy old lady decided to go on a photo safari in Africa. She took her faithful pet poodle along for company.

One day, the poodle started chasing butterflies and before long the poodle discovered that he is lost. So, wandering about, he noticed a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious intention of having lunch. The poodle thought, "OK, I'm in deep trouble now!" Then he noticed some bones on the ground close by, and immediately settled down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard was about to leap, the poodle exclaimed loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious leopard. I wonder if there are any more around here."

Hearing this, the leopard halted his attack in mid-stride, as a look of terror came over him, and slinked away into the trees.

"Whew," thought the leopard. "That was close. That poodle nearly had me!" Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree figured he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for
protection from the leopard. So, off he went. But the poodle saw him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figured that something must be up. The monkey soon caught up with the leopard, spilled the beans and struck
a deal for himself with the leopard. The leopard was furious at being made a fool of and said, "Here monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine."

Now the poodle saw the leopard coming with the monkey on his back, and thought, "What am I going to do now?" But instead of running, the dog sat down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hadn't seen them yet. Just when they got close enough to hear the poodle, he said....

"Where's that damn monkey? I sent him off half an hour ago to bring me another leopard!"