Once a merchant was building a temple in his garden. Every day at the noon hour, the foreman and workers would go to city for lunch.
One day, when the workers had left for their usual lunch break, a group of monkeys came upon the half-built temple. They began their playful frolics upon tree-tops, lofty roof, and woodpile. One of the monkeys fancied a tremendous tree log that was being sawed by a carpenter.
Before going on break, the carpenter had thrust a wedge in the partly sawed log to prevent the slit from closing up. The monkey thought, “Who stuck a wedge in this queer place?”
Curious to know what it is, he began furiously tugging at the wedge. At last the wedge came off, not before trapping the legs of the monkey into the cleft of the log. Very soon, not able to get his legs out of the closed wood, the monkey died.
And that is why it is said that meddling should be avoided by the intelligent.
