One blazing summer afternoon, Carl the crow flapped across the fields. His wings drooped, and his beak felt as dry as toast.
“Water, water, anywhere?” he croaked, scanning the ground.
At last, he spotted a glass jar under a shady tree. He swooped down excitedly, but his joy quickly turned into disappointment. Inside the jar was only one tiny drop of water, and it was way at the bottom!
Carl tilted his head. “Seriously? Just one drop?”
Silly Tries and Funny Fails
Carl first tried sticking his beak inside the jar. BONK! His beak was too wide. He pushed, he pecked, he even wiggled his feathers, but the drop stayed out of reach.
Next, he tried turning the jar upside down. He flapped and tugged, but the jar wouldn’t budge and was stuck to the ground like stubborn gum.
Then he tried singing to it. “Oh, water, come to meee!” But the drop didn’t care for his crow karaoke.
The sparrows watching from the branches giggled. “Carl, you’ll never get it!”
“Oh yes, I will,” Carl huffed, “because I’m the cleverest crow in the countryside!”
A Pebble Plan
Carl thought hard. Suddenly, he remembered a story his grandmother once told: “When water is low, drop in stones, and the water will rise.”
“Pebbles! Of course!” Carl squawked.
He flew around collecting pebbles, one by one, and plopped them into the jar. Plink! Plonk! Plop! Slowly, the water rose higher.
The sparrows leaned in. “Will it work? Or will Carl just make a mess?”
Carl puffed his chest proudly. “Watch and learn!”
The Funniest Sip
Finally, the last pebble made the water climb just enough. Carl leaned in and slurped the single drop with a loud SLURP!
The sparrows clapped their wings. “All that work for one drop?” they laughed.
Carl licked his beak and smiled. “Sometimes, the last drop is the sweetest. And besides, now I have a jar full of pebbles for juggling!”
He tossed a few pebbles in the air and tried to juggle them with his wings. Of course, they all tumbled down with a CLATTER!
The sparrows rolled with laughter. Carl bowed dramatically. “Thank you, thank you, hydrated and hilarious, that’s me!”
From that day on, Carl the crow wasn’t just known as clever; he was also known as the funniest crow in the whole meadow.
The End !
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