Hello dear listeners and here is the third of our Christmas bonus many

episodes for you. This one is called The Crow and the water jug.

The crafty crow, a brainy bird, a cunning little creature. Clevelness is one of its most admirable features.

On a hot and sunny day, the crow wanted a drink. It flew down to the

farmer's house and stopped there for a thing. Every day about this time it knew the farmer's daughter,

sat on a veranda, and took out a jug of water.

She filled her cup and swallowed it and gave a little sigh.

She sat upon her rocking chair and slowly closed her eyes.

She opened up her mouth a bit and then a little more.

The crow knew that the time was right when she began to snore.

By now the crow was very hot and desperate for a glug.

It fluttered down and put its head into the water jug.

It looked around for water, it had thought there would be plenty.

But now it looked and realized that the jug was nearly empty.

It stretched its little neck but couldn't stretch it far enough. How to get the water this was going to be tough it pulled its

head outside the jug and had a look around a ha! it said and clacked its beep and fluttered to the ground.

It picked a little pebble up and flew back to the top.

It dropped the pebble in the jug. It landed with a plop.

It flew down for another stone and dropped it in the water. The crow was very careful not to wake the farmer's daughter.

It went back for another and another after that

and dropped them in the water where they landed with a splat.

When the water jug was full, the crow came to a stop.

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