From Richard.
A hawk, a lion and a skunk argued heatedly about who was the most
important animal in the forest. They made so much noise that they
didn't hear the grizzly bear sneaking up. He swallowed them all,
hawk, lion and stinker!
I laughed, I didn't see it coming.
Posted by: DaveJ on November 29, 2004 05:09 AMYou got me!
Posted by: alan on November 29, 2004 12:40 PMAt least an 8 on the scale!! LOL
Posted by: Indigo on November 29, 2004 01:31 PMThis post reminded me of "A Really Smart Dog" (author unknown):
A wealthy man decided to go on a safari in Africa.
He took his faithful pet dachshund along for company.
One day, the dachshund starts chasing butterflies and
before long the dachshund 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 dachshund thinks, "OK, 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 monkey? I sent him off half an hour
ago to bring me another leopard."
A lion was feeling his oats one bright day, and as he walked through the jungle, spotted a Hyena. Seizing the animal by the throat, he demanded "who is king of the jungle?"
"You are oh great one," replied the poor dog.
A little further on he spied a chettah. Tackling the hapless cat he demanded "who is king of the jungle?"
"You my lord," replied the feline.
A short time later, seeing an elephant, he marched up to him and demanded "who is king of the jungle?"
The Elephant seized him with his trunk, whipped him arround several times, and threw him into a tree.
Clambering down, the battered and bruised lion shouted after the departing Loxodonta, "Just because you don't know the answer, is no reason to get rough."