There was once a girl named Ma Pu Kywe who was not making progress in her class. One day, her teacher told her to study a poem by heart. She was promised a prize from the teacher if she could recite it fluently. Her classmates, of course, also wanted the prize.
Ma Pu Kywe studied hard at home and found it diffcult to learn the poem at first. She became upset but then noticed a snail climbing up a fence with difficulty. It looked as though it would not succeed. In the end, however, it climbed up successfully and this observation encouraged the girl to try harder.
The following day at school, Ma Pu Kywe recited the poem perfectly whereas her classmates made mistakes. As a result, she won the prize.
From this story, we learn that we have to try hard like this student to succeed.