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英文小故事17：The Crow and the Pot乌鸦喝水

It was a very hot day. A big black bird called a crow wanted to have a drink of water .The crow flew to a tree and he looked down “Where is some water？”He said, “Where can I find a drink?” Then he saw a pot .

The crow flow down from the tree to have a good look at the pot .Yes! There was some water inside it . “Now I can have a drink ,” he said ,“But the crow was a big bird. His head was too big to get inside the pot. He can’t put his beak in the water .

The crow flew down from the tree without a drink , Then he saw some stones not far from the pot. He stopped and looked at the stones for a long time , Then he said “I come up with an idea”

Plop! Plop! Plop! He put these stones into the pot one by one. This made the water come up little by little. Finally , the clever crow had a drink of water .

乌鸦喝水

这是一个很热的天气。一只很黑很大的鸟叫乌鸦，想要喝水。乌鸦飞向树上，它低头看，“哪里有水呢？”他说，“哪里我能找到喝的呢？”然后，他看到一个水壶。乌鸦从树上飞下来看了一眼水壶，是的，有一些水在水壶里面。“现在我能喝到水了”，他说，但是乌鸦是一只非常大的鸟，他的头太大了以至于不能喝到水壶里的水，他不能将他的嘴伸到水壶里，乌鸦从树上飞下来没有喝到水。然后，他看到了一些距离不是很远的石子，他停下了脚步，盯着石子很长时间，然后，他说：“我想出了一个主意”，扑通！扑通！扑通！他将这些石子一个接一个投进了水壶，这些石子使水渐渐地上升了，最后，聪明的乌鸦喝到了水。