The Thirsty Crow - Aesop's Fable - Children All-Time Favourite Story | Kids Activities | Lesson Ideas

One hot day, a thirsty crow flew all over the fields looking for some water. For a long time, she could not find any. She felt very weak, almost giving up hope.

Suddenly, she saw a water jug under a tree. She flew straight down to see if there was any water inside. Yes, she could see some water inside the jug!

The crow tried to push her head into the jug. Sadly, she found that the neck of the jug was too narrow. Then she tried to push the jug down for the water to flow out. She found that the jug was too heavy.

The crow thought hard for a while. Then looking around her, she saw some pebbles. She suddenly had a good idea. She started picking up the pebbles one by one, dropping each into the jug. As more and more pebbles filled the jug, the water level kept rising. Soon it was high enough for the crow to drink. Her plan had worked!

Moral of the story: 
If you try hard enough, you may soon find an answer to your problem. 

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ACTIVITIES

A.    Read out the story.

B.    Fill in the blanks.

character
setting
problem
solution

C.    Answer the following questions.

1. What happened to the crow?

2. What was the crow looking for?

3. What does the word 'narrow' means?

4. What was the problem faced by the crow?

5. How did the crow solved the problem?

6. In the real life, do you think a crow would do the same? Why not?

D.    Complete the text below with the given words.

tired, drink, pebbles,  some, fly,  tree, water, dropped,  thirsty,  jug,

The crow was searching for some ___________.  It was ___________. The crow was __________ and couldn't __________ anymore. Suddenly, it saw a ___________ under a ________.

The jug had _______ water but the crow couldn't _______  it.

The crow saw some _______  and _______  them inside the jug. The crow could finally drink the water.

E.    Find as many NOUNS in the title.

        THE CROW AND THE PEBBLES

example: 

1.can

2.pet

F.   Let's Solve The Word Problems.

1.    There were ten crows sitting on a tree. Three flew away. How many crows remained on the tree?

2.    There are 3 jugs under a tree. Each jug contains 5 drops of water. How many drops of water are there altogether?

3.    The crow puts ten pebbles in a jug. How many pebbles needed to fill in 3 jugs?

4.    It took the crow 3/4 hour to fill in the jug with pebbles. How many minutes is that?

5.  There were 20 pebbles under a tree.   The crow used 10 pebbles. How many pebbles were left?

G.    PROBLEM SOLVING

Can you think of another way the crow could have filled up the jug? Draw your idea on a paper and talk about it to a friend or family.

Have fun!