A group of frogs were traveling through the woods. And two of them fell into a deep hole. When the other frogs saw how deep the hole was, they told the two frogs that they were hopeless to live. The two frogs didn't listen and tried to jump out of the hole. The other frogs kept telling them to stop. Finally, one of the frogs heard what the other frogs were saying and gave up, so he died.
The other frog went on jumping as hard as he could. Once again, the other frogs cried at him and told him to stop and just allow himselfto die. Hejumped even harder and finally
made himselfout. When he got out, the other frogs said, "Didn't you hear us?" The frog explained to them that something was wrong with his hearing. He thought they were encouraging（鼓励）him the whole time.
There is power of life and death in the tongue（舌头）. An encouraging word to
someone who is down can cheer him or her up and help them make it through the difficulties.
While a negative（负面的） word to someone who is down can make him give up and die.
So be careful of what you say.
