The Old Poodle

"The Vet"

After a long day of being called upon to visit an
endless series of horses and cows with sore
legs, I finally returned to the animal clinic.

Although exhausted, when I discovered I had
a slow leak in one of my truck tires, I drove over
to get it fixed at the service station.

The mechanic knew immediately he was dealing
with a tired veterinarian after I carefully explained
to him that my truck seemed to be lame in the right
hind tire.

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"The Old Poodle"

A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari
in Africa, taking her faithful aged poodle named
Cuddles, along for the company.

One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and
before long, Cuddles discovers that she's lost.
Wandering about, she notices a leopard heading
rapidly in her direction with the intention of having
lunch.

The old poodle thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep trouble
now!" Noticing some bones on the ground close by,
she immediately settles down to chew on the bones
with her back to the approaching cat. Just as the
leopard is about to leap, the old poodle 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 poodle 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 poodle
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 poodle 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 her back to her attackers, pretending she hasn't
seen them yet, and just when they get close enough
to hear, the old poodle says: "Where's that darn
monkey? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me
another leopard!"

Moral of this story..

Don't mess with old coots...age and treachery will
always overcome youth and skill!
Received on Sun May 29 01:59:40 2005