A group of frogs traveled through the forest and, suddenly, two of them fell into a deep hole. The rest of the frogs negatively told them to stop trying to get out of there because it was impossible to achieve it, the hole was very deep. Finally, one of the frogs decided to give up and died there, however, the second frog kept insisting and struggling to get out of that deep hole, although the rest of the frogs would shout that it was impossible. When he came out, the other frogs said, "We're glad you managed to get out despite what we were yelling at you" and immediately the frog explained that she was deaf and that she thought they were encouraging her to try harder and get out of the hole.
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