When 'twas low in the pitcher, just think!
Don't say that he spilled it!
With pebbles he filled it,
Till the water rose up to the brink.
USE YOUR WITS
Source: W. J. Linton's fables in verse, with illustrations by Walter Crane: Fable 39.
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Crane images. I really like the way Crane has paired the wise crow and the urn with the foolish crow who thought he could imitate an eagle.
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