داستان هاي بلند و كوتاه

A group of frogs were 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?" The frog explained to
them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the
entire time.

دو قورباغه

 گروهي از قورباغه ها از وسط جنگل حركت مي كردنند. دو نفر از آنها توي حفره ي عميقي افتادنند. وقتي كه قورباغه هاي ديگر ديدنند كه چه حفره ي عميقيه! به آن دو نفر گفتند كه صد در صد مرده ايد. آن دو نفر اين حرف ها را ناديده گرفتن و با تمام تواناييشان سعي مي كردن كه از اين حفره بيرون بيان. قورباغه هاي ديگر به آنها گفتند كه اين قدر تلاش نكنند كه تلاش آنها بي نتيجه است. يكي از قورباغه ها به حرف هاي قورباغه هاي ديگر گوش داد و ديگر سعي و تلاش نكرد سرانجام او پايين افتاد و مرد. قورباغه ي دومي با تمام سختي و توانايي اش به پريدن ادامه داد. يك بار ديگر صدايي از جمعيت قورباغه ها برخاست كه به او مي گفتند بس كن كه مردي از اين همه درد و رنج خود را خلاص كن و فقط بمير. او حتي سخت تر و بيشتر پريد و سرانجام از پسش برآمد.

زماني كه او بيرون آمد قورباغه هاي ديگر گفتند آيا تو صداي ما را نمي شنيدي ؟ قورباغه به آنها گفت كه من ناشنوا بودم.

او استدلال مي كرد كه آنها او را در تمام وقت تشويق مي كردنند.