Once, Sheikh Chilli was staying with his aunt. She needed some wood. Sheikh decided to help her, and picking up the axe, started for the forest. He climbed up a tree and sat on a branch, cutting the very branch he was sitting on. A man passing by saw Sheikh doing this foolish thing. He warned Sheikh that he would fall down as he was cutting the branch he was perched on. Sheikh dismissed the thought, saying that no such thing would happen. The man sat down to watch this stupid boy’s further actions. Just as the branch was cut, Sheikh came crashing down with a loud thud, screaming in pain and fright. Then he went totally blank. When he came to his senses, he ran after the man to ask for more future predictions. Sheikh was convinced that the man could foresee things; that’s how he told Sheikh he would fall down. “Anybody with common sense could see you were going to fall, stupid!” said the man and he walked away.
Downfall
