Many rural friends may know that if there is a long drought, there will be a sudden rainstorm, and the ditches and potholes in the fields will be full of water. At this time, frogs and toads will come out and croak all night. The next day, the ditches and potholes are full of tadpoles, and the whole place is thriving and full of hope for a good harvest.
However, the good times will not last long. A few days later, when the water in the ditches and potholes in the fields dries up, you will find that many tadpoles have died directly in the mud and cannot survive until the next rain. Only a very few lucky tadpoles can survive by taking advantage of the opportunity of rivers flowing into the sea and going down the small ditches and potholes in the fields and merging into rivers.
When the tide recedes, you will know who is swimming naked. This is probably the fate of most ordinary people.
However, there is no need to be too pessimistic.
When the next rainy season comes, new frogs and toads will come out, croaking all night, producing large numbers of tadpoles, and the cycle will repeat.