The Crow and the Pitcher
乌鸦喝水
One summer, the crow's hometown was so dry that he could not find water anywhere. The crow decided to move to a new place where there was a clear river. The crow flew for a long time, and he did not see the river. He was so thirsty that he wanted to drink water at once.
有一年夏天，乌鸦的家乡非常干旱，他到处找都找不到水喝。乌鸦决定搬到一个新地方住，那里一定要有清澈的小河。乌鸦飞了很久，也没有看到小河。他觉得好渴呀，真想马上就喝到水。
Suddenly, the crow saw a bottle on the ground. There was some water in the bottle. "I have some water to drink." the crow flew happily to the bottle. The crow put his mouth into the bottle, but the bottle was too small and the water in the bottle was too low for the crow to drink.
突然，乌鸦看到地上有个瓶子，瓶子里有一些水。“终于有水喝了！”乌鸦开心地飞到瓶子旁边。乌鸦把嘴伸到瓶子里，可是瓶口太小了，瓶子里的水又太低，乌鸦怎么也喝不着。
The crow was so worried that he could drink the water.
乌鸦急得团团转，怎么才能喝到水呢？
The crow thought, "If the bottle is a little bit lower, then I can drink the water." The crow thought as he held up a stone and prepared to smash it. "No, no, in case the bottle is smashed, the water will run away." The crow threw small stones away and thought, "If we can get the water up to the mouth of the bottle, it is good."
乌鸦想：“如果瓶口再低一点儿，就能喝到水了。”乌鸦一边想，一边衔起一块石子，准备把瓶口砸掉。“不行，不行，万一瓶子被砸碎了，水就流走了。”乌鸦扔掉小石子，转念一想，“如果能让水上升到瓶口，就好了。”
The crow fiddled with the pebbles next to the bottle, and suddenly came up with a good idea: put some stones into the bottle, and the water would rise. The crow held a lot of pebbles and carefully put them in the bottle, and the water in the bottle rose gradually.
乌鸦拨弄着瓶子旁边的小石子，忽然想出了一个好办法：往瓶子里放一些石子，水不就能升高了吗。于是乌鸦衔来很多小石子，小心地把他们放进瓶子里，瓶子里的水渐渐升高了。
After a while, the water in the bottle rose to the mouth of the bottle. The crow was happy. He opened his mouth and drink happily. The water was cool, sweet and comfortable! After a while, he put some pebbles into the bottle and then continued to drink a lot.
不一会儿，瓶子里的水就上升到了瓶口，乌鸦开心极了。他张开嘴巴，欢快地喝了一大口，凉凉的、甜甜的，真舒服！乌鸦拍着翅膀，大口大口地喝水。喝一会儿，他就往瓶子里放些小石子，然后继续大口喝水。
The crow drank the water and felt his strength again. He wanted to keep on flying. For a long time, the crow finally came to a beautiful place. There are clear rivers, there are green trees and beautiful flowers, and the crow was very happy.
乌鸦喝完水，感觉自己又有力气了。他要继续向前飞啦！又飞了很久，乌鸦终于到了一个美丽的地方。这里有清澈的小河，还有绿油油的大树、漂亮的花朵，乌鸦开心极了。
