Vertical Frog Race

Once there was a bunch of tiny frogs who arranged a vertical race. The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower. A big crowd gathered around the tower to see the race and to ostensibly cheer on the contestants.

Honestly, no one in crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower. There were whispers and mutterings like:

"Way too difficult!!"

"They’ll never make it to the top!”

"The tower is too high!"

“The frogs are too small and weak!”

And true enough, after an initial spurt of energy, the frogs began collapsing.

The crowd continued to yell:

"No one’s gonna make it!"

More and more of the tiny frogs fell prey to exhaustion and gave up.

But ONE continued climbing higher and higher and higher...

This one wouldn't give up!

Finally, to the disbelief and amazement of the crowd, that one frog reached the top!

The other frogs were stunned. More than just stunned… they were embarrassed and flummoxed. Turns out, none of them actually believed any one of them could make it to the top.

So how did that one little frog complete the feat with his sprightly webbed feet?

Well, turns out… the winner was deaf!