Once upon a time, there was a farm. A frog also lived on the farm. One day, he was hopping around the farmyard. He became somewhat careless. Suddenly, he ended up falling into a pail half-filled with milk. He tried to get out. As he swam about attempting to reach the top of the pail, he found that the sides of the pail were too high and steep to climb out. He tried to stretch his back legs to push off the bottom of the pail but found it too deep. But he was determined to get out. He did not give up and continued to struggle. He kept kicking and kicking and squirmed. And lo! All his kicking about in the milk had turned the milk into butter. As the butter was solid, he easily used it to climb out of the pail. His hard work had paid off after all!
Moral: Hard work always pays.
The Frog and the Pail of Milk
