Old Poodle

I had to share this email I got from a friend.

The Old Poodle



A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in
Africa, taking her faithful aged poodle named Ricky,
along for the company. One day the poodle starts
chasing butterflies and before long, Ricky 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 damn monkey? I sent him
off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!"
Moral of this story.. Don't mess with us old guys
...age and treachery will always overcome youth and
skill! Bullshit and brilliance only come with age and
experience!