音频下载[点击右键另存为][00:01.05]The Farmer’s Donkey井中之驴
[00:05.42]One day a farmer’s donkey fell into an abandoned well.
[00:10.92]The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.
[00:16.94]Finally, he decided the animal was too old and the well needed to be covered up anyway;
[00:23.39]so it just wasn’t worth it to him to try to retrieve the donkey.
[00:28.45]He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him.
[00:31.62]They each grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well.
[00:35.98]Realizing what was happening, the donkey at first cried and wailed horribly.
[00:41.70]Then, a few shovel-fulls later, he quieted down completely.
[00:46.39]The farmer peered down into the well, and was astounded by what he saw.
[00:51.66]With every shovel-full of dirt that hit his back,
[00:55.37]the donkey would shake it off and take a step up on the new layer of dirt.
[01:00.32]As the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal,
[01:04.25]he would shake it off and take a step up.
[01:07.66]Pretty soon, the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off,
[01:12.37]to the shock and astonishment of everyone.
[01:16.00]Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt.
[01:19.39]The trick to getting out of the well is to stop wailing,
[01:22.78]and not let the dirt bury you, but to shake it off and take a step up.
[01:28.26]Each one of our troubles is a stepping-stone.
[01:31.54]We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping,
[01:36.05]never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
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