Once upon a time there was
a bunch of tiny frogs who arranged a running competition. The goal was
to reach the top of a very high tower. A big crowd had gathered around
the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants and the race
began.... Honestly:
No one in the crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would reach
the top of the tower. You heard statements such as: "Oh, that's
WAY too difficult!! They will NEVER make it to the top." or: "Not a
chance that they will succeed. The tower is too high!"
The tiny frogs began collapsing one by one....except for those, who
in a fresh tempo, were climbing higher and higher. The crowd continued
to yell, "It is too difficult!!! No one will make it!" More tiny frogs
got tired and gave up. But ONE continued higher and higher and higher.
This one wouldn't give up! At the end everyone else had given up
climbing the tower-except for the one tiny frog who, after a big
effort, was the only one who reached the top! THEN all of the other
tiny frogs naturally wanted to know how this one frog managed to do
it? A contestant asked the tiny frog how he had found the strength to
succeed and reach the goal? It turned out that the winner was DEAF!!!!