Young ones BEWARE !!!!!

A wealthy old woman decided to go on a photo safari to Africa and took her old, faithful poodle, "Cuddles", with her.

One day cuddles was chasing butterflies and found he was lost.

He saw a young leopard sneaking up on him with a HELLO LUNCH look in it's eyes and thought, "Oh, God. I'm in the $^!# now".

He noticed some old bones nearby and sat with his back to the leopard, chewing on a bone and, when the cat was close enough to hear he said, "Boy, ... that leopard was tasty. I wonder if there's any more leopards around".

Hearing this the leopard thinks. "Ooooh, .. that was a close call, ... that poodle nearly had me", and very quietly left the scene.

A monkey sitting in a tree witnessed everthing and thought, "Hmmmm, ... I can use this information to my advantage". He figured he'd trade with the leopard for protection from the cat, and took off after the leopard, caught it and spilled the beans.

The leopard was absolutely furious that he was made a fool of and said to the monkey, "Hop up on my back and see what's going to happen to that damned poodle.

Cuddles saw the cat coming and thought, "What am I going to do now?". He sat with his back to the cat and the monkey and as soon as they were in earshot said, "Where's that bloody monkey. I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard".

With that, the leopard took off like the proverbial scalded cat and ate the monkey.

The moral to this story is:

Don't mess with old farts!!!. age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill. Bullshit and brilliance only come with age and experience.

Rick.

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