Did God make a mistake? (Chinese folktale)

Once upon a time in China, there lived a very learned man called Wu Qiao. He was a professor in a large Chinese university and had hundreds of students under his tutelage while several thousand were his admirers and followers. He was seated on a palanquin carried by eight men with a band of five men singing and playing the drum to announce his presence. When he sat a table to eat, thirty dishes were brought before him to appeal to the five senses.

Wu Qiao being a great scholar was always generous in imparting his wisdom to others. His students were always keen to heed every word that he spoke.

One day Wu Qiao was contemplating the mysteries of life under the tranquil shade of a fig tree in his garden. He turned his head and his eyes spotted a large watermelon lying on the ground next to him, nestled in vines and leaves. Looking upwards, he saw the luscious figs on the tree and remarked, “The Creator has surely erred for He should have made the big melon grow on the strong branches of the tree instead of the tender vines. Surely the tender vines would be better suited for small fruit as the fig.”

Sighing, he closed his eyes when… PLOP! A fig dropped from the tree on his head and made a bump. Wu Qiao realized the folly of his words and said, “Indeed! The Creator is great! If the fig tree had borne fruit as large as the watermelon and dropped it on my head, I think I would be killed. The watermelon growing on the ground and the figs growing on the tree are just as they should be.”

Suggested Reading: Stories behind Chinese Idioms (I)
A Treasure House of Chinese Fables: Second Edition - Book Nine
100 Ancient Chinese Fables (Zhongguo gu dai yu yan yi bai pian: Han Ying dui zhao, Yi bai cong shu) 
(Mandarin Chinese Edition)
Ancient Chinese Fables
Chinese Fables Remembered (Asian Folktales Retold)