English Original
One day, a farmer's donkey fell into an abandoned well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old and the well needed covering anyway, so retrieving it wasn't worth the effort.
He invited his neighbors to help. Each grabbed a shovel and began filling the well with dirt. Realizing what was happening, the donkey at first cried and wailed horribly.
Then, after a few shovelfuls, it quieted down completely. The farmer peered down and was astounded. With every shovelful of dirt that hit its back, the donkey would shake it off and step up onto the new layer.
As the neighbors continued, the donkey kept shaking off the dirt and stepping up. Soon, it stepped over the edge of the well and trotted off, to everyone's shock and astonishment.
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to stop wailing, not let the dirt bury you, but to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping-stone. We can escape the deepest wells by never stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
中文翻译
一天，一位农夫的驴子掉进了一口废弃的井里。驴子可怜地叫了好几个小时，农夫则在想办法。最终，他认为驴子太老了，而且这口井反正也需要填上，所以不值得费力去救它。
他请来所有邻居帮忙。每人拿了一把铲子，开始往井里填土。驴子明白了正在发生的事，起初可怕地哭叫哀嚎起来。
然而，几铲土之后，它完全安静了下来。农夫往井里窥视，被眼前的景象惊呆了。每有一铲土落在它的背上，驴子就会把土抖掉，并踩在新落的土层上向上走一步。
邻居们继续往驴子身上铲土，它就不断地抖掉泥土，向上踏步。很快，驴子就走到了井沿之上，小跑着离开了，让所有人都震惊不已。
生活会将各种“泥土”倾倒在你身上。从“井”中脱身的诀窍在于停止哀嚎，不让泥土埋葬你，而是抖掉它，向上迈出一步。我们的每一个困难都是一块垫脚石。只要永不停止，永不放弃，我们就能走出最深的“井”！抖掉泥土，向上一步。