Listen to the Narration:
Sparrow and Owl were sitting together one evening when a crow landed on a nearby branch and peered at them rudely.
Sparrow decided that the crow would be much better company if it could sing. She tried her hardest to teach the crow a song, but it only glared back at her in silence.
“Stop trying to make the crow what you wish it was,” Owl said. “Just wish for the crow to be what it already is — then you’ll be happy.”
For Parents: What Stoic Quote Does This Story Illustrate?
“Don’t demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen to be as they are, and you will go on well.”
Epictetus
