The little carpenter has learned the craft for two years and can make a few utensils. He feels a little proud and feels that he is amazing. He no longer listens to the master’s words, and just likes to wander around with the axe for carpentry work.
On this day, the little carpenter didn’t do well to help the master, so he slipped out to play. When he walked to a gatehouse, he didn’t know that the carpenter’s ancestor Luban’s house was downstairs.
When others saw him holding an axe, they asked, “Hey, what do you do with the axe?”
The little carpenter said arrogantly: “Can’t you tell? I’m a carpenter.” As he said, he kept playing with the axe.
Someone brought a large piece of wood, and he split it three times and made a crooked stool.
Many people laughed aside, saying that he was making a big axe in front of Luban’s gate. He picked up the stool unhappily, went back to the master and asked who Lu Ban was.
The master laughed loudly: “You are too arrogant if you dare to show your power in front of the ancestor master. You go, I can’t teach you.” Then the little carpenter knew that he was wrong, but it was too late.
