Then he noticed some bones on the ground close by, and immediately
settled down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat.
Just as the leopard was about to leap, the dog exclaimed loudly, "Man,
that was one delicious leopard. I wonder if there are any more around
here?" Hearing this the leopard halted his attack in mid stride, as a
look of terror came over him, and slinked his way into the trees.
"Whew", said the leopard. "That was close. That dog nearly had me."

Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby
tree, figured he could put this knowledge to good use and trade it for
protection from the leopard. So, off he went. But the dog saw him
heading after the leopard with great speed, and figured that something
must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spilled the
beans and struck a deal for himself with the leopard. The cat was
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."

The dog saw the leopard coming with the monkey on his back, and thought,
"What am I going to do now?" But instead of running, the dog sat down
with his back to his attackers pretending he hadn't seen them yet. Just
when they got close enough to hear, the dog said, "Where's that monkey.
I can never trust him. I sent him off half an hour ago to bring me
another leopard, and he's still not back yet!!"