TheCrowandtheWaterBottleItwasascorchinghotsummerday.Onecrowwasverythirsty."I'msothirsty."Thethirstycrowroamedaroundlookingforwater.Afterflyingforalongtime,thecrowfoundawaterbottleinoneofthefarmer'syard.Thecrowwassohappythathewasabletohaveadrink.Thecrowputhisbeakintothebottle.However,becausethebottlewassolong,hewasnotabletoreachthewater.Thecrowwasexhausted.'ShouldIgosomeotherplaceforadrink?'Hethought.However,becausehiswingsweredamage,hewasnotabletomove."WhatshallIdo?"Thecrowflewroundandroundthefarmer'syard,andthought."Sure,that'swhatIwilldo."Thecrowhadanidea.Withallhisstrength,thecrowstartedpickingupstones."One,two."Hedidthisseveraltimesuntilthebottlewasfilledwithstones.Thenthecrowdrankalotofwater.Finally,thecrowhadenoughstrengthtoflyagain.乌鸦喝水ACrow,half-deadwiththirst,cameuponaPitcherwhichhadoncebeenfullofwater;butwhentheCrowputitsbeakintothemouthofthePitcherhefoundthatonlyverylittlewaterwasleftinit,andthathecouldnotreachfarenoughdowntogetatit.Hetried,andhetried,butatlasthadtogiveupindespair.Thenathoughtcametohim,andhetookapebbleanddroppeditintothePitcher.ThenhetookanotherpebbleanddroppeditintothePitcher.ThenhetookanotherpebbleanddroppedthatintothePitcher.ThenhetookanotherpebbleanddroppedthatintothePitcher.ThenhetookanotherpebbleanddroppedthatintothePitcher.ThenhetookanotherpebbleanddroppedthatintothePitcher.Atlast,atlast,hesawthewatermountupnearhim,andaftercastinginafewmorepebbleshewasabletoquenchhisthirstandsavehislife.Littlebylittledoesthetrick.Acrow,readytodiewiththirst,flewwithjoytoapitcherwhichhesawatadistance.Butwhenhecameuptoit,hefoundthewatersolowthatwithallhisstoopingandstraininghewasunabletoreachit.Thereuponhetriedtobreadthepitcher,thentooverturnit,seeingsomesmallpebblesathand,hedroppedagreatmanyofthem,onebyone,intothepitcher,andsoraisedthewatertothebrim,andquenchedhisthirst.译文一只快渴死的乌鸦,远远地看见一只水壶,就高兴地飞了过去,但是当他飞到的时候发现壶里的水浅得怎么用力弯腰伸颈也够不着,于是他试着把水壶打破,又试着把他推倒。但是力量不足,都做不到,最后看见近边有许多小石子,他一个个地把很多石子丢进了水壶,这样使水上升到壶口,就解了渴。寓意:遇到困难的时候动脑筋。感谢您的阅读,祝您生活愉快。