The Tale of a Small Rock

Once upon a time, there was a rock. It wasn't much of a rock, it knew that. As it lay there by its little stream, it knew it didn't have much to look forward to in life. The rock figured it might as well be happy about this, being what it was. Truth be told, it wasn’t a bad existence for a rock. The mud in which it lay was reasonably pleasant, and it had more than a few other rocks nearby for…