This fable tells the story of a sparrow and a crow who make a challenge to see who can eat the most red peppers. The crow cheats by hiding peppers under the mat. When the sparrow calls him out, the crow tries to eat the sparrow but ends up getting burned by fire on his quest to wash his beak. The moral is that cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

2. a short story, typically with
animals as characters,
conveying a moral.

3. The Crow
The Sparrow

4. • at the Farm

5. • at the Village

6. Summary

7. • a sparrow made friends with a crow. one day,
when they were hunting for food, the crow
spied some red peppers that were spread out
on a mat to dry. "look at those peppers" said
the crow to the sparrow.
"let's see who eats the most" answered the
sparrow.
"then, the one who wins will eat the other" said
the crow. the sparrow agreed for he thought
the crow was joking.

8. Scenario

9. • the sparrow ate the peppers fairly, but the
crow cheated. for each pepper that he ate,
he hid three or more under the mat without
sparrow's seeing.
"i've won! now im going to eat you!" said
the crow.
but the sparrow said "before you eat me,
you must wash your beak, for everyone
knows that you are a dirty bird and eat lots
of nasty things."

10. scenario

11. • so the crow went to the river and asked for water
to wash his beak
the river agreed but the crow must get a pot to
put in it, then he can have as much water as he
wants
the crow went to the potter in the village to get a
pot
the potter replied: "you want a pot? very well, but
i have no clay, bring me some and i'll make you
a pot"

12. Scenario

13. scenario

14. • The crow went to the field and
began digging up clay with his
beak. The earth said “The whole
world knows that you eat rubbish
and nasty things. I can not allow
you to dig up my clay unless you
use a spade”

15. scenario

16. • the crow went to the village blacksmith,
who was working on a wheel. the crow
asked the blacksmith to make him a
spade. the blacksmith replied if he wants a
spade he must bring the blacksmith a fire.
the crow went to the farmer's house
nearby.

17. Scenario

18. • the farmer's wife was cooking rice in the
country yard and the crow asked the
farmer's wife if she could give him fire. the
farmer's wife put the fire on the crow's
back and his feathers burst into flames.
the greedy crow was burnt to ashes but
the honest sparrow lived to a ripe old age.

19. scenario

20. “Cheaters never win,
Winners never cheat”

22. 1. Who is the main character?
2. Who challenged the Sparrow?
3. Who’s the author of this story?
4. What is a fable?
5. What did they use in their challenge.

23. 6.Where are they when did they take
the challenge?
7.Who won in their challenge?
8-9. If you are the crow,are you going
to cheat or not? Why?
10-11. What is the lesson of this story?

24. 12.River
13.Potter
14.Earth
15.Blacksmith