Charleston Yogi

There is a story in India about how they catch monkeys. It seems they would take a coconut, cut a tiny hole in it and nail it to a tree, with the hole pointing out, parallel to the earth. Inside it they would put a tasty treat. A monkey comes along, sees the good delight and sticks his hand inside, closing his fist around the morsel. The hole is huge enough only for the hand, not the closed fist, the monkey is trapped! He'll remain there for days maybe thoroughly baffled as to how he's not able to have both this treat and his liberty.