Jataka Gardener Monkeys

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When the royal gardeners take a holiday, they ask the troop of monkeys living in the park to water the young trees. The monkeys, meaning to be thorough, pull up each sapling to judge its roots and give the deeper-rooted ones more water — and so kill every tree they tend. Moral: well-meant help without wisdom is ruin. — Jataka tale