A thirsty crow was flying around in search of water.
It came near a domestic animal water tank, but that was sadly empty.
In the evening it saw a water pot in a ground. It flew down to the pot.
The crow put its neck into the pot. But its beak could not reach the level of water.
The thirsty crow did not lose heart and thought about some way to drink the
water. The crow got an idea.
It picked up a pebble and flew to the water pot to drop the pebble in.
And so it started putting pebbles in the pot. The water level began to rise.
The crow put as many pebbles in the pot as it took to raise the water level up to its reach.
Now the crow could drink water easily.
The crow quenched its thirst and flew away. Other birds also started
drinking water from the pot.
That’s why the crow is called the Einstein of birds. The crow used its brain.
So must we.
HARE AND TORTOISE
In a forest a hare and a tortoise lived with other animals.
Hare always used to tease the tortoise for its slow moves.
“Brother Hare, stop teasing me!” Tortoise said in an annoyed tone,
“Don’t pride over your agility.”
“Then, lazy brother, let us have a race.” Hare challenged and mocked at Tortoise.
After thinking for some time Tortoise said, “I accept it. But the race
will be up to that high mountain.”
The day for the race was fixed. All the animals of forest gathered at
the mountain to cheer the winner.
The race started at the fixed time. Within no time Hare took a big lead.
Soon Tortoise lagged way behind.
Hare thought that it would take hours for Tortoise to catch up. Hare decided
to take a rest.
Soon Hare fell in deep sleep. Slowly coming Tortoise caught up and went ahead.
The slow moving Tortoise at last reached the finishing point while Hare was still asleep.
Then, suddenly Hare woke up and it ran realising that it had overslept.
But when it saw Tortoise already at the finishing point it bowed its head in shame.
Moral : Slow and steady wins the race.
