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The Crow and the Pitcher MG: crow; raven; jackdaw; daw; rook MG: and MG: jug; pitcher; ewer

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( MG: crow; raven; jackdaw; daw; rook MG: use; utilise; employ; apply MG: brain; encephalon MG: get; acquire; gain; obtain; benefit MG: water; H2O )
A crow uses her brain to get a drink.

MG: one [{MG: drink; imbibeMG: want; wish; desire}MG: 's; of; possessive; -adj] MG: crow; raven; jackdaw; daw; rook MG: find MG: -ed; perfect MG: one MG: little MG: water; H2O MG: full; filled MG: 's; of; possessive; -adj MG: jug; pitcher; ewer ,
A thirsty Crow found a Pitcher with some water in it,

MG: it; she; he MG: try; attempt; endeavor; seek; essay; assay MG: and MG: try; attempt; endeavor; seek; essay; assay , MG: but; however MG: water; H2O MG: too much; excessively MG: little ,
but so little was there that, try as she might,

MG: so; therefore; hence [MG: it; she; heMG: 's; of; possessive; -adj] {MG: birdMG: mouth; oral cavity; oral fissure; rima oris} MG: enough; quite; sufficiently; adequately MG: not; no; nope; don't; non MG: touch MG: water; H2O ,
she could not reach it with her beak,

MG: then MG: maybe; perhaps; possibly; perchance; mayhap; peradventure MG: soon; shortly; before long; right; presently; before long MG: it; she; he MG: because of; due to MG: not; no; nope; don't; non MG: drink; imbibe MG: will; future MG: die MG: -ed; perfect
and it seemed as though she would die of thirst

MG: notwithstanding; despite; even if; although; though; in spite of; nevertheless MG: water; H2O [MG: simple; unsophisticated; elementary; uncomplicated; unproblematicMG: -ly] MG: at; in MG: it; she; he MG: before; in front; ahead MG: (exclamatory, exclamative)
within sight of the remedy.

MG: eventually; finally; ultimately MG: it; she; he MG: think; intend; consider; ponder; cogitate; cerebrate MG: -ed; perfect MG: one MG: intelligent; clever MG: method; manner; way; technique; mode; style; fashion; means; agency :
At last she hit upon a clever plan.

MG: it; she; he MG: begin; start out; commence; set about; lead off MG: at; in MG: jug; pitcher; ewer MG: in; into; inside {MG: throw; tossMG: fall; drop} {MG: small; littleMG: rock; stone; pebble; gravel} ,
She began dropping pebbles into the Pitcher,

MG: so; therefore; hence MG: every; each {MG: small; littleMG: rock; stone; pebble; gravel} MG: enter; go into; come in; get into; get in; go into; go in; move into MG: jug; pitcher; ewer , MG: water; H2O MG: 's; of; possessive; -adj MG: height; tallness; stature; altitude MG: then MG: grow; expand; increase MG: more; -er MG: high
and with each pebble the water rose a little higher

MG: until; till; so far as; up to MG: it; she; he {MG: upMG: go; travel; move; locomote} MG: -ed; perfect MG: to; towards; toward MG: jug; pitcher; ewer MG: 's; of; possessive; -adj MG: mouth; oral cavity; oral fissure; rima oris ,
until at last it reached the brim,

MG: so; therefore; hence MG: this; these [{MG: with; accompanied byMG: talent; skill; knack}MG: 's; of; possessive; -adj] MG: bird [MG: this; theseMG: method; manner; way; technique; mode; style; fashion; means; agency] MG: cease; discontinue; quit; stop doing; give up; lay off [MG: it; she; heMG: 's; of; possessive; -adj] {MG: drink; imbibeMG: want; wish; desire} .
and the knowing bird was enabled to quench her thirst.

MG: need; require MG: be; am; is; are MG: invent; excogitate; devise MG: 's; of; possessive; -adj MG: mother; female parent
Necessity is the mother of invention.

(by Abavagada@Unilang)
 
 
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First appearance: Sat Apr 19 21:15 CST 2008 =_eng - | - Last modified: Fri Dec 11 17:24:04 CET 2009
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