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Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful swan in a lake and there
was a tree on which a crow had its nest.
Everybody who came near the lake noticed only the swan and
praised its beauty. Nobody looked at the crow. The crow was
jealous of swan as people would only admire the swan.
One day, the crow thought of a plan to prove its superiority. It
asked the swan, In how many ways can you fly in the air?
I know only one way to fly in the air, replied the swan.
Oh, so pity! I know so many different ways of flying in the air.
Lets have a flying race, proposed the crow.
What is the use? I know you are superior to me in flying? asked
the swan.
The crow then began to force so much that at last the swan
agreed.
As soon as they started, the crow set off in high spirits flapping
its wings very hard. The swan was just flying sedately, flapping its
wings once in a while. Soon the crow felt tired.
The crow requested the swan to help it as it could not fly
anymore. The swan took pity on the poor crow and helped it to
cross the lake.
On reaching the bank, the crow thanked the swan and flew away
shamefacedly.
Moral: Boasting never pays.
A Thirsty Crow
There was a crow. At a very hot summer day he was feeling very
thirsty. He flew from place to place in search of water, but he
could not find it anywhere. He was very sad and disappointed at
not getting a drop of it.
At last he saw a jug of water. He flew down to the jug and sat on
its edge. When he craned his beak to quench his thirst, he, saw to
his great discouragement, that the water was just at the bottom.
His beak could not reach such a low level of water. He even tried
to overturn the jug but could not. It was too heavy for him to
move.
When he was just about to fly in despair, he thought of a plan.
Suddenly his eyes fell upon some pebbles lying near the jug. He
flew to them, picked up the pebbles one by one and dropped
them into the jug.
Slowly and slowly the level of water rose and came up to the
neck. The crow was overjoyed to see this. He dipped his beak,
quenched his thirst and flew away.
Moral : Where there is a will there is a way.
A Greedy Dog
One day, a dog stole a piece of meat from a meat shop in the
market place. He wanted to take it home. He was crossing a river
by bridge. When the dog was in the middle of the bridge, he
noticed his own shadow in the water below.
But he thought that it was another dog that was carrying in his
mouth another piece of meat. The greedy dog wanted to grab
that piece of meat also. So he jumped into the water in great
excitement. He was carried away by the strong current of the
river.
Moral: Greed brings about disaster.
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