Wisdom Comes With Age

[Chappy]

The Old Poodle

A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa, taking her

faithful aged old 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 sh*t 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 old farts... age and treachery will always overcome youth

and skill! Bullsh*t and brilliance only come with age and experience!