The Curious Monkey

Once there lived a carpenter in a village. One day morning the carpenter was working hard to divide a log into two parts. He was sawing from morning to noon, but was able to cut only half way through. He was feeling hungry. So he pushed a wedge into the split and went for lunch.

There was a monkey watching the carpenter. He became curious of the wedge. He climbed down from the tree and went up to the log. He tried to pull the wedge of the log. It didn't came out. He sat on the log with legs on each side. The tail was dangling down through the split. He tried again and again. All of a sudden, the wedge came out. The log stuck together with a snap cutting off the dancing tail with it.

The monkey lost its tail because of his curiosity. When the carpenter came he feels sad to see the monkey without tail.

Moral: Look before you leap.