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.
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King Kobra and the ants
There lived a King Cobra in a jungle. He always fed on bird’s egg, lizards, rats, frogs, small rabbits and other small creatures. Every day he ate lot of small animals and then slept the whole day. In course of time he grew big in size and his pride grew bigger still.
One day the cobra thought, “I am the mightiest animal in the forest. I am the king of the forest. Now I must live in a big house that suits my size and status.”
So he selected a very big tree for his new house. There was an ant hill under the tree. The King Cobra said, “I don’t want this trouble here.” So he went to the ant hill and said to the ants, “I am King Cobra, the King of this forest. I order you to remove this rubbish from here and go off immediately.”
The other animals trembled in the cobra’s presence. But the tiny ants are decided to treat for his threat. He enraged himself and he lashed at the ant hill with his tail to break the mountain.
The next moment, thousands of ants streamed out of the ant hill. They climbed all over the cobra’s large body and stung him hard. Thousands of thorny pricks all over his body caused unbearable pain to the mighty cobra. He wriggled and rolled in vain to keep the ants off. He struggled hard for some time and at last died a painful death.
