As a frog, Eubie had one problem: he couldn't hop. It was psychological. Nothing wrong with his legs. He just froze when it came time to move. While his peers flew past him, he took tiny steps. When questioned, he said he had hamstring problems.
Eubie was forced to move around a lot, evading questions and discovery. Luckily, he was adept with his tongue, snatching flies at 20 inches. He was depressed and frustrated, however.
Then one day another frog, Archie, a practical joker, gave him a hot foot and Eubie exploded off the lily pad all the way across the pond. Euphoric, he spent the day leaping from pad to pad. Alas, one such jump landed him in a sinkhole and he vanished.
The moral of this story is to accept ones limitations only after every option has been tried. Then just live your life with a croak and a rib-bit.
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