The Crow and the Canary by Josh McDowell

 The Crow and the Canary

Bible Reading: Ephesians 5:1-4

Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful.   Ephesians 4:29

ONCE THERE WERE two birds, a crow and a canary, who lived in the same tree. The tree shaded a large old house where a brother and sister lived with their mother.

One day the crow said to the canary, “I will light on the ledge of that open window.” He nodded his black beak in the direction of the house. “When the people see me, they will toss me a scrap of bread, and I will sleep with a full stomach tonight.”

The canary watched as the crow flew to the window of the house. He craned his neck and began to caw (as crows do). He cawed and cackled, demanding to be noticed in the most shrill tones. Finally his rowdy cawing was rewarded by a woman, who came into the room---and promptly threw an old shoe at him.

The canary laughed so hard he nearly fell off his perch as the crow flapped back to the tree, looking as if the old shoe had bruised his wing.

“I’d like to see you do better,” he cawed in response to the canary’s musical laughter. “The woman still has at least one shoe left.”

Without a word, the canary swooped down to the window. He folded his wings and began to sing his sweet song. The crow watched in amazement as the same woman appeared and let the canary eat tiny morsels of bread from her hand.

When the canary had eaten his fill, he flew back to the tree, where the crow immediately confronted him.

“She fed you,” the crow said, “because she thinks you are pretty and I am not.

The canary said, “No, you are wrong.”

“Why did she throw a shoe at me, then?”






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