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The Frogs in the dried pond

(Aesop’s Fables)

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　Two frogs were living in a pond.

　However, a long spell of dry weather in the summer totally dried out the pond.

　So they decided to leave the pond and look for another one.

　Soon, one deep well was found.

　One frog suggested,

“Let’s go down to the bottom of this well together.”

　However, the other frog asked,

“But how can we come up when this well dries out?”



　This story tell us that whatever we do, we should not act without thinking.

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