乌鸦和水壶 伊索着 江铭辉 五梦网
图：乌鸦在走投无路无路时，想出办法喝到水。
一只乌鸦口渴地最快要死了，牠发现一个水壶，希望里面有水，非常高兴的飞向水壶。当牠到达水壶旁边时，牠感到很伤心，因为水壶的水是这么的少，以致牠连想喝都喝不到。牠想尽所有的办法但始终无法碰到水，牠的一切努力都徒劳无功。
最后牠灵机一动，收集了许多牠能搬运的石头，再用牠的尖嘴一颗接一颗，将石头丢入水壶，直到水壶的水升高到牠能够喝的位置。如此牠保住了性命。
译者评论：俗语说天如绝人之路，因为人（或动物）在最穷困之时，会绞尽脑汁，想出各种奇妙的办法解套，寓言中的乌鸦，再不想尽办法喝到水，就会渴死，终于想出办法，喝到水。
The Crow and the pitcher
A Crow perishing with thirst saw a pitcher, and hoping to find water, flew to it with great delight. When he reached it, he, discovered to his grief that it contained so little water that he could not possibly get at it. He tried everything he could think of to reach the water, but all his efforts were in vain. At last he collected as many stones as he could carry, and dropped them one by one with his beak into the pitcher, until he brought the water within his reach and thus saved his life.