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Posted: Sun 19:18, 24 Oct 2010 Post subject: The frog in the shallow well |
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p>Have not you heard about the frog who lived in a shallow well? It is said that a turtle that lived in the East Sea, "I'm so happy When I leave, jump over the railing beside the mouth of the well. When I go home, rest in the holes in the broken wall of the well. If I jump in water, which reaches to the armpits and holds my cheeks. If I walk in the mud, which covers up the feet. I look around at the wriggly worms, crabs and tadpoles, and none of them can compare with me. On the other hand I am lord of this trough of water and I stand tall in this shallow well. My happiness is complete. My dear sir, why do not you come often and look around my place? "
Before the East Sea turtle could get his left foot in the hole, stuck his right knee. It hesitated and retreated. The turtle told the frog about the East Sea.
"Even a distance of one thousand li can not give you an idea of the breadth of the sea, even a thousand s height can not give you an idea of its depth. At the time of King Yu of the Xia dynasty, there were nine flood ten years, but in the sea water has not increased. At the time of King Tang of Shang dynasty there were droughts seven years of the eight, but the waters in the sea was not reduced. The sea does not change over time and its level does not rise or fall according to the amount of rainfall. The greatest happiness is to live in the East Sea. "
After hearing these words, the frog shallow well was shocked into the realization of his own insignificance and became very unhappy.
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