a struggling actor walks into a zoo, looking for work.
"the gorilla, one of our star attractions, has just died", says the
manager. "i'll pay you $300 dollars a day to dress in this monkey
suit and pretend to be him."
the actor agrees and spends the next few minutes in a cage amusing
visitors. but they soon grow bored and move on to the lion
enclosure next door.
desperate to keep his new job, the actor climbs up the wall and
dangles just out of the lion's reach. this infuriates the lion but
delights the visitors. the actor performs the stunt every day,
drawing huge crowds, thrilled, the zoo manager increased his wage
to $500.
then one day, the actor loses his grip and lands at the lion's
feet. it chases him round the cage until he starts screaming, "help
me! help me!" the lion pounces. "shut up you idiot" it says, "do
you want to get us both fired?"
got it from reader's digest btw... =p
