The Thirsty Crow

“Oh what a hot day it is! And not a drop of water in sight!” said
a thirsty crow. It flew from place to place looking for some water.
But all the lakes and rivers had dried up and there was no sign of
rain.
“I’ll surely die of thirst if I don’t find some water,” said the crow.
As it searched here and there in worry, it spotted a large
container in front of the deserted house. It perched on it and saw
that there was some water in it, but at the bottom, beyond its
reach.
It thought hard and soon an idea came to his mind. There were
many pebbles lying nearby. It picked up the pebbles one by one,
and dropped them into the container. Slowly the water level
started rising. The crow kept at it, never giving up. Soon the water
level was high enough for it to reach and it was able to quench its
thirst.
The elements of a story are setting, character, and plot.
• The characters are the people or animals in the
story.
• The setting talks about the place and the time that
the events in the story happened.
• The plot is made up of the events that happened in
the story. It consists of the beginning, the middle,
and the ending.
• Beginning – It gives the problem faced by the main character.
• Middle – It presents the actions made by the characters to solve
the problem.
• Ending – It gives the solution to the problem.
 The Fox and the Camel
There was once a fox that hated water but needed to cross to a river. He decided to
come to an agreement with a camel.
“If you carry me to the other side of the river,” he proposed to the camel. “I will show
you a field of sugar cane. Then, while you eat the sugar cane, I will dine on fish and crabs I
find on the river bank.
The camel without second thought, readily agreed and the fox jumped up on his back.
The crossing went perfectly but afterwards the fox, who had a much smaller stomach,
satisfied his hunger long before the camel.
While the camel was still eating, the fox began to howl. The noise brought the farmers
running with big sticks.
The fox managed to escape and hid but the camel could not avoid the beating.
Later…
“Why on earth did you do that?” asked the camel when he was carrying the fox back
across the river.
“Oh, its my habit to howl after dinner, “replied the fox, unmindful of the heavy beatings
suffered by the camel.
“Is that so? Well, I have a habit, too,” said the camel. “After eating, I always have a roll in
the water,” And he splashed down in the river, wetting the fox all over who was so terrified.