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The crow and the jug of water

This doesn't end well

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Jim Dalling
May 26, 2021
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Once there was a crow who was dying of thirst.

It found a water jug, partially filled with water.

It suck its beak in to the jug.

No luck. The crow couldn’t reach the water.

The crow tried knocking over the jug.

No luck.

The crow tried its beak again.

Its hopeless thought the crow.

Finally, the crow found some pebbles.

The crow had a great idea: I can put the pebbles in and fill the jug and raise the water high enough to drink.

This went well initially.

And eventually?

The crow gave up.

I want this to be easier called the crow.

The crow ignored the pebbles.

The crow ignored what it knew would work.

Instead?

The crow worked extremely hard at finding ways to make getting the water easier.

It found a divining rod.

It created cups to catch the dew.

It even started a go fund me campaign.

None of it worked.

Things didn’t getting easier.

The crow died of thirst.

If only it had kept going…

Moments later, a coyote happened upon the crow.

Wow! Free lunch! These meals cook themselves! This is easy, yipped the coyote.

T…

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