This cartoon tells us that we cannot blindly imitate anything we do. Only a clear positioning is the prerequisite for success. There is no need to demand that you possess other people's talents. It is enough to develop your own strengths according to your own characteristics.

Original text

There lived a donkey and a cicada in a forest. One day, the donkey heard the cicada singing. The song was very, very beautiful, so the donkey thought, and he thought too. How great it would be to be able to make such a nice sound.

Then he asked the cicada enviously: "Lovely cicada, what do you usually eat, and how do you make such a beautiful sound?" The cicada replied: "I usually eat dew, so my throat is particularly good. "The donkey was very happy when he heard it. From then on, it only ate dew every day. After eating dew for several days, the donkey felt very hungry and finally gave up.

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The Donkey and the Pug

A man had a donkey and a pug. The donkeys were locked in a stall all day long. Although they had no worries about food and drink, they had to do a lot of work every day. They were either grinding in the mill, carrying wood in the woods, or transporting goods to the market. The work was particularly heavy.

The fate of a pug is very different from that of a donkey. It can perform many little tricks and do many interesting actions, especially to please its owner. When the owner is happy, he will reward it with some delicious food. In the evening, the owner will go out for a walk with it.

The donkey will inevitably feel dissatisfied after work. He works hard and cannot be free, while the pug does not have to do anything but can be favored.

On this day, the opportunity finally came. The donkey broke the reins and ran into the owner's room. It decided to make the owner happy like a pug. Maybe the owner would take him out for a day.

The donkey saw its master and danced around him, but its legs knocked over the table, the dishes were smashed to pieces, and then it knocked over the chairs. The donkey felt that this was not affectionate enough, so it followed the example of a pug, lying on its owner and sticking out its tongue to lick his face.

The owner was frightened by him and thought the donkey was crazy. He did not dare to resist and just screamed. The donkey thought that his master liked him like this, so he became more and more energetic. Everyone heard the shouting and rushed over and pulled the donkey out. The donkey was waiting for his master to give him a reward. Unexpectedly, he was beaten severely and then put into a pen again.