Crow Stories.

A Thirsty Crow.

Once upon a time, a crow flew all over the fields looking for water.  It was a very hot day and the crow was extremely thirsty but he couldn’t find water anywhere, he began to feel very weak and was beginning to lose hope when suddenly he saw a water jug below a tree.  He flew straight down to see if there was any water inside and to his delight he saw some glistening at the very bottom of the jug.

However, there was a problem when he tried to put his head inside the jug he found that the neck of the jug was to narrow. He thought about this for a while and then decided he would simply push the jug over so that the water would flow out but the jug was far to heavy.

Again the crow thought about the problem and looking around he saw some pebbles suddenly he came up with another idea. He began to pick up the pebbles one by one and dropped them into the jug.  As each pebble fell to the bottom of the jug the water began to rise, soon the water had risen high enough for the crow to drink, his plan had worked. So you see if you think about a problem hard enough you will usually find the solution.

The Fox and The Crow.

 

Once upon a time a fox saw a crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on the branch of a tree where it began to nibble away quite happily. The fox looked on greedily and said to himself,

 

“That cheese looks very tasty, it’s far too nice for her. I would appreciate it a lot more, it should be mine” so the fox came up with a plan to seperate the crow from the cheese.  The fox walked up to the base of the tree and said,

 

“Good morning Mistress Crow, how well you look today. Your feathers are so beautiful and shiny and your eyes are so bright and sparkly. You know I’ve had a bet with all the other birds in the forest that your voice must be the most beautiful of all the birds. Your song must be as beautiful as your figure. Can you let me hear just one song so that I can tell everyone that you are truly the queen of all the birds in the forest”

 

The Crow was very vain and she lifted her head and began to caw her loudest. However, as she opened her beak the piece of cheese fell out and landed on the ground where the Fox snapped it up.

 

“That will do nicely” said the Fox “That was all I wanted but in exchange for your cheese I’ll give you a little advice for the future. Never trust those who would flatter you”.