烏鴉喝水
It had not rained for weeks, and a crow was almost dying of thirst. At last she found a pitcher with a little water at the bottom. But the pitcher was tall and narrow, and however hard she tried, she couldn't reach the water with her beak.
She tried to tip the pitcher over, but it was too heavy. She was about to give up when she had an idea.
She picked up a small stone and dropped it into the pitcher. Then she dropped in another, and another. With every stone, the water rose a little higher. The crow kept going, stone after stone, until at last the water came up near the top.
Then she drank until she was no longer thirsty.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
已經好幾個星期沒下雨了,一隻烏鴉渴得快要死了。最後,牠找到一個水壺,壺底有一點點水。可是水壺又高又窄,不管牠怎麼努力,嘴巴都碰不到水。
牠想把水壺推倒,可是水壺太重了。就在牠快要放棄的時候,牠想到了一個辦法。
牠叼起一顆小石頭,丟進水壺裡。接著又丟一顆,再一顆。每丟進一顆石頭,水面就升高一點。烏鴉一顆接一顆地丟,最後,水終於升到了壺口附近。
烏鴉痛痛快快地喝了個夠。
有志者,事竟成。