A group of
frogs were travelling 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.
- Author unknown