Ron dramatically reads Aesop's fable "The Crow and the Pitcher," delivering the timeless lesson that persistence and incremental progress can solve seemingly impossible problems.
• Ron opens with his trademark dry humor, warning listeners that short stories can still be boring
• The thirsty crow encounters a pitcher with water too low to reach
• After initial despair, the crow cleverly drops pebbles one by one to raise the water level
• The repetitive nature of the story emphasizes the methodical approach needed for success
• The moral "Little by little does the trick" reinforces the value of persistence and incremental progress
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Episode Transcript
Hello, are you tired?
You will be.
This is Ron Reads, and Ron isreading Aesop's Fables.
Keep this in mind Just becausea story is short, that doesn't
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mean it's not boring.
Today we're reading the Crowand the Pitcher.
I repeat, no, I don't.
Let's begin.
Let's begin.
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Found that only very littlewater was left in it and that he
couldn't reach down far enoughto get it.
Get at it.
He tried and he tried, but atlast had to give up in despair.
Then a thought came to him andhe took a pebble and dropped it
into the pitcher.
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And then he took another pebbleand dropped it into the pitcher
.
Then he took another pebble anddropped that into the pitcher.
Then he took another pebble anddropped that into the pitcher.
Then he took another pebble anddropped that into the pitcher.
Then he took another pebble anddropped that into the pitcher.
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Then he took another pebble anddropped that into the pitcher.
At last, at last, he saw thewater mount up near him and,
after casting in a few morepebbles, he was able to quench
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his thirst and save his life.
Little by little does the trick.
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