司汤达说过，理智的人面对危险，会急中生智，可以说，比平时更聪明。文中这条聪明的狗也一样。

A rich man decided to go on a safari Africa. He took his pet Dachshund dog along for company. One day， the dog starts chasing butterflies and before long the dog discovers that he is lost.

Wandering about， he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious intention of having lunch. The dog thinks， “Im in deep trouble now！” Then he noticed some bones on the ground close by and immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat.

Just as the leopard is about to leap， the dog exclaims loudly， “Boy， that was one delicious leopard. I wonder if there are any more around here.”

Hearing this， the leopard halts his attack in mid-stride， as a look of terror comes over him， and slinks away into the trees. “Whew，” says the leopard. “That was close！ That dog nearly had me.”

Meanwhile， a monkey has been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree， and he thinks he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard.

So， off he goes. But the dog saw him heading after the leopard with great speed， and thought 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 leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says， “Here monkey， hop on my back and see whats going to happen to that bad dog.”

Now the dog 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 his back to his attackers， pretending he hasnt seen them yet... and just when they get close enough to hear， the dogs says：

“Wheres that damn monkey？ I sent him off half an hour ago to bring me another leopard， and hes still not back！”

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

一個有钱人决定到非洲去游猎，于是带上了自己的腊肠狗做伴。一天，这条狗开始追逐蝴蝶，等他回过神来才发现自己迷路了。

正当他闲逛时，他注意到一只豹子飞快地朝他跑过来，显然是想把他当作一顿美味的午餐。这条狗想：“我现在有大麻烦了！”这时，他发现附近的地面上有一些骨头，于是他立即坐下来，背对着奔来的豹子，开始咀嚼骨头。

当豹子准备一跃而起扑向猎物时，这条狗大声叫了起来：“啊，这可真是美味的豹子啊，就不知道附近还有没有更多的豹子。”

听到这话，豹子连忙停住了脚步，面露恐惧之色，悄悄逃到了树丛中。“哟，”这只豹子说，“这可真险啊！这条狗差点儿就要了我的命！”

与此同时，附近树上的一只猴子将这一幕看得清清楚楚。他决定向豹子告密，以换取豹子的保护。

于是，他去追豹子。但是，这条狗看到猴子飞奔着去追豹子，预感大事不妙。

猴子很快追上了豹子，向他述说了详细情况，并要求豹子与他达成协议，保护自己的安全。豹子感觉被狗耍了，暴跳如雷地说：“猴儿，赶紧跳到我的背上，看我怎么收拾这条狡猾的狗。”

这条狗看到豹子驮着猴子追回来了，赶紧琢磨：“我现在该怎么办呢？” 但是他没有逃走，而是坐下来，背对着他的攻击者，假装没有看到他们似的。等到他们走到足够近的地方，这条狗说：

“那只该死的猴子到哪里去了？我半个小时前让他去帮我再找一只豹子来，结果到现在他还没有回来！”

生活不在于拿到一副好牌，而在于将手里的牌打好。