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(Tale by an unknown author © Retold by Dulce Rodrigues. All rights reserved.)
One day, a group of frogs decided to make a race and get to the top of a high tower.
A crowd of frogs came to see them and give them their support, but the race had just begun and everyone was already saying that the frogs would not get there:
- It doesn’t make any sense going on! You’ll never reach the top of the tower!
Little by little, the frogs felt disappointed and discouraged, except for one of them that continued to run with enthusiasm. And crowd of frogs still cried out:
- Give up! Give up! You’ll never get to the top!
Listening repeatedly to these negative words led the frogs, one after the other, to abandon the race: 7 frogs gave up after twenty minutes;
twelve minutes later, another 5 frogs abandoned the race; five minutes later, it was the turn of 3 more frogs; and in the next half hour,
another 2 gave up, leaving only the one frog that, despite what the crowd was saying, continued to run and to climb.
Though alone and in great pain, she finally reached the top of the tower.
Deeply astonished, the other frogs wanted to know how she had managed to do it. They came to her and asked what her secret was.
And it was then that they found out that...
she was deaf!
Take a healthy life attitude: Never to listen to people who are negative in their intentions.
Be deaf to discouraging words and always follow your dreams to the end.
Your four-legged friend.
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