Students' Stories - A Thirsty Crow

A Thirsty crow 

This is an imaginary story about a crow for the school going kids. It goes like this:

Once upon a time, in summer season when scorching was falling its merciless ray on the earth and there had been no rain for a long time. Everything was was dry.They was no water in the lakes, streams, canals, springs etc. The earth was like a burning coal. There was a crow who was very thirsty wanted to drink water. He had to go somewhere to quench his thirst.  So he started flying but he was helpless, tired and found water nowhere. It was a matter of life and death for him now. While flying in search of water he, at last, reached a garden. There he didn't find even a single drop of water. All the things were dry - plants, grass, young trees and flowers. All of a sudden he saw a pitcher lying in a corner of that garden. He flew towards it and sat on the brim of it. He couldn't drink water because the water was too low and his beak could not reached the pitcher. He was compelled to use his mind. But nothing could be done. Suddenly he saw a pile of pebbles lying nearby . An idea came into his mind. He brought the pebbles one by one and dropped them into the pitcher. The water rose up. He drank water, quenched to his thirst to his heart;s content and flew away. He was very happy. It means that one should use one's mind. 

Moral: Necessity is the mother of invention.

Tags: Animals Stories, School Stories, Kids' Stories, Birds' Stories