Crow and Pitcher – a poem by Kate Rauner

 

From Project Gutenberg, copyright expired in US

Fabled stories of Aesop tell

Wisdom ancient Greeks knew well.

Show humble acts teach great truths

With animals foolish or astute.

From half-full pitchers crows can drink.

They raise the level with rocks that sink

Now researchers at Aukland U,

Are crows that smart? They wonder, too.

Float snacks inside a narrow tube,

Give floating blocks and sinking cubes.

Crows figure out, to get their treat,

Drop sinkers in, just like the Greeks.

Necessity, mother of invention,

Gives 5-year olds some competition.

Check it out.