A man lived happily in a village because everyone praised him.
One day, he happened to hear some people talking about him.1 what they said made him sad. They said he was too proud. From then on, whenever he heard others2 , he thought they were saying something bad about him. He was 3 all the time. His wife noticed this and took him to a wise old man.
The wise old man said, "Stay in my house tonight. "
The man 4 . When he went to sleep at night, the croaking(呱呱叫声) of frogs fell in his 5 . A pool was behind his room. The more he wanted to ignore(忽略) the sound, the6 the frogs seemed to croak.
The next morning, the man told the wise old man, "I couldn't sleep well last night. It felt like there were 7 of frogs in that pool. You must also have trouble because of them. Can I take them8 and put them far away?"
The wise old man agreed.
To the man's9 , only ten frogs were caught.
The wise old man said, "Even at night there were only ten frogs. Because you paid too much10 to the noise, you thought there were hundreds of them. It is the same in your life as well. There's no need to care too much about others' talks. Be true to yourself. "
