The Deaf Frog
The Deaf Frog
A group of frogs was traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs 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 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?”
Other frogs later found out that this frog was deaf. He did not hear to their yelling. In fact the deaf frog thought they were encouraging him the entire time. When people pull you down from your journey of dreams, it helps sometimes to turn deaf ear to them.Â
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