The Crow and the Pitcher

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Aesop's fable literary work moral tale

"The Crow and the Pitcher" is a classic Aesop fable that illustrates the power of ingenuity and persistence through the story of a thirsty crow cleverly raising the water level in a pitcher by dropping stones into it.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aesop's fable ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
moral tale ⓘ
adaptedAs animated short ⓘ
children's picture book ⓘ
illustrated story ⓘ
author Aesop NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTheme ingenuity ⓘ
persistence ⓘ
problem-solving ⓘ
conflictType character versus environment ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
didacticFunction illustrates cause and effect ⓘ
illustrates incremental progress ⓘ
featuresCharacter crow ⓘ
pitcher ⓘ
genre fable ⓘ
hasMotif container ⓘ
stones ⓘ
thirst ⓘ
water ⓘ
hasProtagonist crow ⓘ
hasTargetAudience children ⓘ
educators ⓘ
includedIn Aesop's Fables collections NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced modern retellings of Aesop's fables ⓘ
literaryTradition Aesopic tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
moral Little by little does the trick ⓘ
Necessity is the mother of invention ⓘ
Use ingenuity to overcome difficulties ⓘ
moralCategory prudence ⓘ
temperance ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
oftenPairedWith The Ant and the Grasshopper NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Tortoise and the Hare NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
plotSummary A thirsty crow finds a pitcher with water too low to reach and raises the water level by dropping stones into it until it can drink ⓘ
subjectOf educational curricula ⓘ
literary analysis ⓘ
symbolizes intelligence ⓘ
practical wisdom ⓘ
scientific reasoning ⓘ
teaches creative thinking ⓘ
patience ⓘ
resourcefulness ⓘ
timePeriodOfOrigin classical antiquity ⓘ
usedIn children's literature ⓘ
moral education ⓘ

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Aesop's fables → hasNotableFable → The Crow and the Pitcher ⓘ
subject surface form: Aesop's Fables