60 The Crow and the Pitcher

A thirsty crow once came upon a pitcher with very little water in it.
Try as he would, he could get no water, for it was too far down in the
pitcher. "I must find a way to get this water,"thought the crow.
"I am too thirsty to go away without it."Just then the crow saw a pebble
beside the pitcher, and it gave him an idea.

He picked up the pebble and dropped it into the pitcher.
Then, one by one, he picked up more pebbles and dropped them into the
pitcher.

Every time a pebble fell into the water, the water rose a little.
At last the water came up far enough for the crow to get all he wanted. "That
just goes to show,"said the wise old bird, as he helped himself to the
water, "Where there is a will, there is a way."

crow 烏鴉
pitcher （帶柄和大口的）大水罐
pebble 小鵝卵石
will 意志，決心

烏鴉和水罐
一只口渴的烏鴉碰巧遇到一只大水罐，里面只有一點點水。 無論他怎么想辦法，他都喝不到水，因為水在罐子底部，太深了。“我一定要想辦法喝到水。”烏鴉想。
“我太渴了，我不能不喝水就走了。”就在這時，烏鴉看到水罐旁邊有塊小鵝卵石，這讓他想到一個主意。 他撿起石頭，把它放進水罐里。
然后，一塊接著一塊，他撿了更多的鵝卵石扔進水罐里。 每次一塊石頭掉進水里，水就上升一點。
最后，水上升到足夠的高度，讓烏鴉能喝到水了。“那正說明，”當這只年老英明的烏鴉幫他自己喝到水后，說，“有志者事竟成。”