A gentle retelling for listeners ages 3–5 of Aesop’s fable from The Aesop for Children (1919): in a spell of dry weather, a thirsty Crow finds a pitcher with a little water far down its narrow neck, and he drops in pebbles one by one until the water rises high enough to drink.
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It was a long spell of dry weather. Day after day, the sun shone hot, and no rain fell. The birds had almost nothing to drink.
A Crow flew over the fields, looking and looking for water. He was so thirsty! His throat felt dry, and his wings felt tired. “Caw!” he called. “Caw!”
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