A jungle joke

A Khmer joke my girlfriend told that was told to her as a child:

When monkeys and tigers connect, the outcome is rarely this cute.

A tiger and a monkey are together in the jungle when they learn of an emergency requiring their immediate attention. Because tigers naturally run faster than monkeys, they decide to tie their tails together so they may run at the same swift, feline speed. 

They set off and immediately the monkey is all flailing limbs as he is helplessly dragged behind the tiger over the rugged tropical terrain. 10 to 15 minutes later, the duo reaches their destination, but the monkey is lifeless; his eyes and mouth in a permanent gape. 

Mission accomplished, the panting tiger thinks, as he looks back at the monkey, but he is furious at what he sees. “What is wrong with you?” says the tiger. “That was far, and we were running so fast. I am exhausted.” 

The monkey remains motionless, mouth and eyes still pried open. 

“And look at you!” - the tiger is fed up at this point - “just lying there in laughing like this is all so funny."

Soon to be followed by humor in a similar form, by me…