The Two Frogs

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.

كانَت هناكَ مجموعةٌ من الضفادعِ تسيرُ في الغابةِ، فسقطَ اثنان منها في حفرةٍ عميقةٍ، وعندما رأتْ بقيةُ الضفادعِ عمقَ الحفرةِ، أخبرتْ الضفدعينِ بأنهما ميتانِ لا محالة، لكنَّهما تجاهلا التعليقاتِ وحاولا القفزَ خارجَ الحفرةِ بكلِ ما أوتيا من قوةِ، إلا أنَّ بقيةَ الضفادعِ استمرت في أمرهما بالتوقفِ وبإخبارهما أنهما ميتان لا محالةَ. وأخيرًا التفت أحد الضفدعينِ لما قالته بقيةِ الضفادعِ واستسلمَ، فسقطَ و ماتَ.ـ

أما الضفدعُ الآخر فقدْ استمرَ في القفزِ بكلِ ما في وسعِه، فصاحتِ الضفادعُ مجددًا تطلبُ منه أن يوقفَ الألمَ ويموتَ فحسب، فقفزَ قفزةً أعلى بكثير من سابقاتها وأخيرًا نجحَ في الخروجِ من الحفرةِ، فسألته بقية الضفادعِ :" ألم تسمعنا؟" ففسرَ لهم الضفدعُ أنه أصمٌ. لقد ظنَّ أنهم كانوا يشجعونه طوال ذلك الوقت..ـ

What a moral it has! I loved it. It's a good story to be told for kids. I hope you like my translation :)