青蛙的故事 THE TALE OF THE FROGS

从前，有一群青蛙组织了一场攀爬比赛。比赛的终点是：一个非常高的铁塔的塔顶。
一大群青蛙围着铁塔看比赛，给比赛的青蛙加油。

比赛开始了。
老实说：群蛙中没有谁相信这些小小的青蛙会到达塔顶，它们都在议论：
“这太难了！它们肯定到达不了塔顶！”
”它们绝不可能成功的，塔太高了！”
听到这些，一只接一只的青蛙开始泄气了，除了那些情绪高涨的几只还在往上爬。
群蛙继续喊叫：“没有谁能爬上顶的！”
越来越多的青蛙累坏了，退出了比赛。但有一只却还在爬，而且越爬越高，一点没有放弃的意思。

最后，其它所有的青蛙都退出了比赛，除了一只，它费了很大的劲，终于成为唯一一只到达塔顶的胜利者。
很自然，其它所有的青蛙都想知道它是怎么成功的。
有一只青蛙跑上前去问那只胜利者：“你哪来那么大的力气跑完全程？”
胜利者不说话。它发现那只胜利者原来是个聋子。

这个故事的寓意是：
永远不要听信那些习惯消极悲观看问题的人，因为他们只会粉碎你内心最美好的梦想与希望。总是记住你听到的充满信心的话语，因为所有你听到的或读到的话语都会影响你的行为。

所以，总是要你保持积极，乐观！而且，最重要的是：当有人告诉你的梦想不可能成真时，你要变成聋子，对此充耳不闻！要总是想着：我一定能做到！

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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.

This story teaches two lessons. There is power of life and death in the
tongue. An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift them up and
help them make it through the day. A destructive word to someone who is down can
be what it takes to kill them.