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Kalu was a clever crow who lived in a 

beautiful village. One day, he had flown to 

the next village to meet with Uncle Crow. 

Uncle Crow was the oldest crow in the 

neighborhood. He was quite wise and knew 

many things.

Kalu was flying back home after the visit with 

Uncle Crow. However, as he was flying, Kalu 

wished he could get some water to drink. All 

that listening had made him really thirsty. 

Unfortunately, he was flying over a long stretch 

of fields and there was no pond or any water in 

sight. "Oh! I am so thirsty. How can I get some 

water," thought Kalu.

Kalu looked around here and there as he flew. 

Now, Kalu had pretty good eyesight. Even while 

flying really fast, he could spot things on the 

ground. So as he was looking about, he spotted 

a pot on the ground below.

Kalu was overjoyed. "Ah! A pot. That must 

mean water," he thought. So, he flew down 

towards the pot.

Kalu peered into the pot. There was some 

water, indeed. But alas, it was too low in the 

pot. Try as he might, Kalu just couldn't reach 

the water in the pot.

He tried again and again, putting his beak into 

the pot. But he just couldn't reach the water. 

Kalu began to get just a little frustrated. "What 

a pity," he thought. "The water is just in front 

of me, but I am not able to reach it. Whatever 

should I do now? I am so thirsty and seeing the 

water has just made me even thirstier!!

Just as Kalu was about to give up and fly away, 

some words he had heard from Uncle Crow 

came to his mind. The wise Uncle Crow had 

just a little while ago told Kalu that he should 

always try to solve a problem and not give up. 

"Where there is a will there is a way," Uncle had 

impressed upon him.

"What would Uncle do now," pondered Kalu. 

"Well, he certainly would not have given up."

Kalu looked around for inspiration. He then 

glanced upon a few pebbles lying about. And 

suddenly, he got it. "What an idea," he 

exclaimed. "A real gem of an idea. Or I should 

say . . . a real pebble of an idea!"

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