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Jul 5, 2016 · In a spell of dry weather, when the Birds could find very little to drink, a thirsty Crow found a pitcher with a little water in it. But the pitcher was high and had a narrow neck, and no matter how he tried, the Crow could not reach the water. The poor thing felt as if he must die of thirst.
The Crow and the Pitcher is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 390 in the Perry Index. It relates ancient observation of corvid behaviour that recent scientific studies have confirmed is goal-directed and indicative of causal knowledge rather than simply being due to instrumental conditioning.
The Crow & the Pitcher. In a spell of dry weather, when the Birds could find very little to drink, a thirsty Crow found a pitcher with a little water in it. But the pitcher was high and had a narrow neck, and no matter how he tried, the Crow could not reach the water.
Mar 8, 2017 · Aesop, if he existed, was an enslaved person in the seventh century Greece. According to Aristotle, he was born in Thrace. His fable of the Crow and the Pitcher was well known in Greece and in Rome, where mosaics have been found illustrating the crafty crow and the stoic pitcher.
“The Crow and the Pitcher” Additional Information. Year Published: 1867. Language: English. Country of Origin: Greece. Source: Aesop (1867) Aesop's Fables. Readability: Flesch–Kincaid Level: 5.6. Word Count: 176. Genre: Fable. Keywords: traditional stories. Cite This. Share |. Downloads. Audio. Passage PDF. Student Activity. Back. Next.
