Hi Maggie, This is brilliant ! Where do you get them from ? David (Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire) ----- Original Message ----- From: <MagsB1942@aol.com> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 4:52 PM Subject: [NTH-ENG] The Safari > I thought you might like this one.....Maggie > > A wealthy man decided to go on a safary in Africa. He took his faithful pet > dog along for company. One day the dog starts chasing butterflies and before > long he 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 dog thinks, My God, I'm in deep trouble now". Then he notices 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 dog exclaims loudly "Man, that was > one delicious leopard ! I wonder if there are any more round here?" > Hearing this, the leopard halts his attack in mid stride, as a look of terror > comes over him, and slinks away into the trees. "Whew", says the leopard, > "That was close, that dog 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 dog 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 cat 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 dog 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 dog says > > "Where's that monkey? I can never trust him, I sent him off half an hour > ago to bring me another leopard, and he's still not back !!" > > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > Visit the lists Pulse Page here, > http://212.19.69.91/north/ > >