It would say to everyone it met:

"I have five skills: flying, walking, swimming, climbing trees, and digging holes in the ground."

In the fields, there was a small animal called "xiao shu" (the flying squirrel).

"Though you have learned these skills, you have mastered none of them."

When the flying squirrel heard what its pals said, it ran away manger.

Indeed, the flying squirrel had learned five skills, but when put to use, they were useless. How could they be called real skills?

"You can fly, but not high; you can swim, but not far; you can climb trees, but not to the treetop; you can dig holes in the ground, but not deep enough."

Thereupon, its pals would laugh at it, saying: