A wealthy man decided to go on a safari in Africa. He took his faithful pet

Dachshund dog along for company. One day, the dachshund starts chasing

butterflies and before long the dachshund discovers that he is lost.

Wandering about, he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with

the obvious intention of having lunch. The dachshund thinks, "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, as a look of

terror comes over him, and 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."

Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those you hold

well…………………….