There once lived a young crow in the countryside. One summer, there was no rain and it was very hot. The crow was very thirsty, but he couldn"t find any water.
"How can I survive?" he thought. "I must have water or I"ll die!"
Just then he saw a farmhouse. Outside the house, there was a vase with some water at the bottom. He tried to drink, but he couldn"t reach the water inside.
The young crow didn"t know what to do. He leaned against the vase and cried.
"Will somebody please help me?" sobbed the crow. He cried and cried, but nobody heard him. Finally, he dried his eyes and stood up.
He tried knocking over the vase, but it was too heavy. Then he tried breaking it, but he wasn"t strong enough. Finally, he had a good idea. He began dropping stones into the vase. The water slowly rose to the top. At last, the crow could drink.
"What wonderful water!" said the crow. "I"m glad that I didn"t waste all my time by crying. Thinking is much better than crying!
曾经有一只乌鸦在乡下。一个夏天，没有雨，很热。乌鸦很渴，但他找不到水。
“我怎样才能生存？”他想。”我必须有水，否则我会死的！”
就那么他看到了一座农舍。房子外面有个花瓶，里面有一些水。他试着喝，但他不能到达水里。
年轻的乌鸦不知道该做什么。他靠在花瓶上哭泣。
“有人能帮我吗？”呜咽的乌鸦。他哭了，哭了，但没人听他说。最后，他擦干眼睛，站了起来。
他试图把花瓶打过来，但太重了。然后他试着打破它，但他不够坚强。最后，他有一个好主意。他开始把石头扔进花瓶里。水慢慢地涨到了顶部。最后，乌鸦可以喝。
“什么水啊！”乌鸦说。我很高兴我没有浪费我的时间哭。思考比哭泣好得多！
