A group
of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a
deep pit. All the other frogs gathered around the pit. When they saw
how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as
dead.
The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit
with all of their might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop, that
they were as good as dead.
Finally, one of the frogs took heed to what the other frogs were saying
and gave up. He fell down and died.
The
other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of
frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even harder
and finally made it out.
When he got out, the other frogs said, "Did you not hear us?"
The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were
encouraging him the entire time.
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