One day the old German Shepherd starts chasing rabbits and
before long, discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he
notices a panther heading rapidly in his direction with the
intention of having lunch.
The old German Shepherd thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep trouble
now!" Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he
immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back
to the approaching cat. Just as the panther is about to
leap, the old German Shepherd exclaims loudly, "Boy, that
was one delicious panther! I wonder, if there are any more
around here?"
Hearing this, the young panther halts his attack in
mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks
away into the trees. "Whew!" says the panther, "That was
close! That old German Shepherd nearly had me!"
Meanwhile, a squirrel 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 panther. So,
off he goes, but the old German Shepherd sees him heading
after the panther with great speed, and figures that
something must be up.
The squirrel soon catches up with the panther, spills the
beans and strikes a deal for himself with the panther.
The young panther is furious at being made a fool of and
says, "Here, squirrel, hop on my back and see what's going
to happen to that conniving canine!"
Now, the old German Shepherd sees the panther coming with
the squirrel 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 old German
Shepherd says...
"Where's that squirrel? I sent him off an hour ago to bring
me another panther!"
Moral of this story...
Don't mess with the old dogs... age and skill will always
overcome youth and treachery!
Brilliance only come with age and experience.
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