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What does it mean?
The narrator mistakes his servant for a tree, highlighting clumsiness.
In plain terms
The narrator ran into a person thinking it was a tree.
What can you take from it?
Clumsiness leads to funny mistakes.

Where it applies

  • walking carelessly
  • greeting someone
  • being clumsy

Putting it to work

  • pay attention
  • be more careful
  • laugh at mistakes

Questions to consider

  • When did you misidentify something?
  • How do you handle clumsiness?

Another view

Not all accidents are funny.

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