At the market yesterday,  I was amused to see this little clay toy of a crow sitting on a water pitcher, holding what looks like a pebble in its mouth.   It is obviously inspired by the famous old fable of the crow and the water pitcher — which I think every country and culture has a version of.   In India this story is part of The Panchatantra Tales and in the west it is attributed to The Aesop’s Fables.  But the story is the same:

A thirsty crow, in search of water came across a pitcher in which there was a little bit of water at the bottom.  But it was too deep for him to reach.  The crow then picked up pebbles with his beak (more…)