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An old fox is on holiday in Africa when he realises that he?s lost in the
jungle ? and then he spots a young leopard heading straight in his
direction, licking its lips. He reckons he?s in trouble, but then he
notices a pile of old bones close by, so he turns his back to the leopard
and starts chewing the bones.

Just as the leopard is about to jump, the fox says loudly ?Wow, that was
the tastiest leopard I ever ate. I wonder if there are any more round here??

The leopard stops in his tracks.
?Phew that was close! That old fox nearly
got me? and he slunk away back into the jungle.

But a monkey had seen the whole thing from a tree nearby, and he reckoned
he could gain brownie points with the leopard if he told him what had
happened. So the monkey went running off after the leopard.

But the old fox spotted him and reckoned he was up to something, so he
followed and saw the monkey doing a deal with the leopard.

The leopard was furious that he?s been fooled! He tells the monkey to get
up on he back and watch what he?s going to do to the fox ?.

The fox sees the leopard coming back with the monkey on his back, but sits
calmly down with his back to them pretending he doesn?t know they?re there.
When they are right behind him, he says loudly ?Where?s that damn monkey? I
sent him off half an hour ago to bring me another leopard!?

Moral: don?t mess with old farts ? old age and treachery will always
overcome inexperience and skill.