Paul was cutting a branch off a large tree in his garden. While he was sawing, another man passed in the street. He stopped and said, "Excuse me, you don't want to do that mate. If you continue to saw the branch like that, you will fall down with it." He said this because Paul was sitting on the branch and was cutting it at a place between himself and the trunk of the tree.
Paul said nothing. He thought, 'Who is this fool who has no work and goes about telling people what to do and what not to do?'
The man continuedon his way.
Of course, after a few minutes, the branch fell and Paul fellwith it.
"I don't believe it!" he cried. "That man knows the future!" and he ranafter him to ask how long he was going to live. But the man had gone.