I remember an article called pony crossing the river.

There was an old horse and a pony in the shed.

One day, the old horse said to the pony, "you have grown up. Can you help your mother do something ?" Jack Ma said, "Why not? I am very willing to help you with your work ." Ma said happily: "That's good. You can pour the half-pocket wheat into the mill ."

The pony picked up his pocket and quickly ran to the mill. While running, a small river blocked the road, and the river was flowing. The pony was so embarrassed that he thought: Can I go over? It would be nice if my mom was around and asked her what to do! But it is far away from home.

The pony looked around and saw an old ox grazing by the river. The pony ran over and asked, "Uncle Niu, please tell me, can I see this river ?" The old ox said: "The water is very light. You just have no calf. You can see it ."

After listening to the old ox, pony immediately ran to the river and prepared to pass. Suddenly, a squirrel jumped out of the tree and stopped him and shouted, "pony! Don't cross the river. Don't cross the river. You will drown !" Pony was surprised to ask: "Is water deep ?" The squirrel seriously said, "It's very deep! Yesterday, one of my partners fell into this river and drowned !" The pony quickly stops and does not know what to do. He sighed and said, "Alas! Go home and ask mom !"

The pony throws his tail and runs home. His mother asked him, "How come back ?" The pony reluctantly said, "A river has blocked the road. I ...... ." My mother said, "Isn't that river very shallow ?" Pony said, "Yes! That's what Niu Boo said. But the squirrel said the river was deep and drowned his partner !" My mother said, "is the river deep or light? Have you thought about what they say ?" Pony bowed his head and said, "No ...... I never thought about it ." My mother kindly said to the pony, "You can't just listen to what others say. If you don't use your brains or try again, you can't. The river water is too deep. If you try it, you will know."

The pony ran to the river and raised his forefoot. The squirrel shouted again, "Why? You're not killing me !?" Pony said, "let me try it !" He got down the river and made a careful trip to the other side.

It turns out that the river is not as light as the old ox said, nor as deep as the squirrel said.

(Note: Do not be the squirrel)