English Original
A crow, ready to die with thirst, flew with joy to a pitcher which he saw at a distance. But when he came up to it, he found the water so low that with all his stooping and straining he was unable to reach it. Thereupon he tried to break the pitcher, then to overturn it. Seeing some small pebbles at hand, he dropped a great many of them, one by one, into the pitcher, and so raised the water to the brim, and quenched his thirst.
Skill and patience will succeed where force fails. Necessity is the mother of invention.
中文翻译
一只快渴死的乌鸦，远远地看见一只水壶，就高兴地飞了过去。但是当他飞到的时候，发现壶里的水太浅了，无论他怎么弯腰伸颈都够不着。于是，他试图打破水壶，又试图把它推倒。看到手边有一些小石子，他便将许多石子一颗一颗地丢进水壶里，就这样把水升到了壶口，解了渴。
在蛮力失败时，技巧和耐心会带来成功。需要是发明之母。