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 doo-doo now!'
Noticing some bones on the ground close by, heimmediately 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!
the moral of this story...
Don't mess with the old dogs... age and skill will always
overcome youth and treachery!