The Frog's Race
By Dulce Rodrigues
One day, a group of frogs decided to make a race and get to the top of a high tower.
A lot of people came to see them and gave them their support, but the race had just begun and everybody was already saying that the frogs would not get there.
"It doesn't make 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 running. And everybody cried out, "Give up! Give up! You'll never get to the top!" Listening repeatedly to these negative words led the frogs to abandoned the race after all, except for the one frog that, despite what people were saying, and though alone and with great pain, continued to run and finally reached the top.
Deeply astonished, the other frogs wanted to know how she had managed to do it. They came to her and asked her what her secret was.
And it was then they found out that ... she was deaf!
Many times we heard people keep telling how impossible the things we are doing or the dreams we have. We have to be that one deaf frog. Keep going despite of people's negative words and discouragement. Don't let others tell you what you cannot do. Proof them wrong. You can be what you always dream to be.
