◎ Yulingzi
Once there was a snail in Zhoangzhou, who blamed himself for being incompetent. To counter this terrible notion of himself, he ambitiously decided to climb Mount Tai, but he knew he would need to take more than 3,000 years to reach the mountain top. He also wanted to view the Yangtze River and the Hanshui River in the south, but it also would need over 3,000 years of travel. Then, he calculated his life—he would only live for a few days. How could he realize such a great ambition in such a short period of time? Realizing this, he became so depressed, and died at a straw.
The mole cricket and the ant both laughed at the snail that aspired too greatly.