[Illustration: THE CROW AND THE PITCHER.]
A Crow, ready to die with thirst, flew with joy to a Pitcher, which he
beheld at some distance. When he came, he found water in it indeed, but
so near the bottom, that, with all his stooping and straining, he was
not able to reach it. Then he endeavoured to overturn the Pitcher, that
so at least he might be able to get a little of it. But his strength was
not sufficient for this. At last, seeing some pebbles lie near the
place, he cast them one by one into the Pitcher; and thus, by degrees,
raised the water up to the very brim, and satisfied his thirst.