This story is about a group of crows that find a pie cooling on a windowsill. The first crow that finds the pie wants to eat it all, but other crows arrive and convince him to share it fairly. They divide the pie into equal slices so that each crow gets some of the pie.
This story is about a group of crows that find a pie cooling on a windowsill. The first crow that finds the pie wants to eat it all, but other crows arrive and convince him to share it fairly. They divide the pie into equal slices so that each crow gets some of the pie.
This story is about a group of crows that find a pie cooling on a windowsill. The first crow that finds the pie wants to eat it all, but other crows arrive and convince him to share it fairly. They divide the pie into equal slices so that each crow gets some of the pie.
This story is about a group of crows that find a pie cooling on a windowsill. The first crow that finds the pie wants to eat it all, but other crows arrive and convince him to share it fairly. They divide the pie into equal slices so that each crow gets some of the pie.
crow flew over Mrs. McNutty’s house. Looking down, he spotted a big, freshly baked pie cooling on the windowsill. Because pie was about his favorite thing in the world, he swooped down for a closer look. Crows Share a Pie • Level N 3 4 Just as he was about to take his first bite, a second crow flapped down “Don’t be so selfish,” replied the and landed on the windowsill with second crow. “You can certainly a thump. see that there’s enough pie for two “That’s a mighty big and tasty- hungry crows. Besides, you’ll feel looking pie,” she cawed. “You far better sharing the pie than you don’t intend to eat it all by yourself, will getting a tummy ache from do you?” eating the entire thing. So how about giving some of it to me?” “Well, I was sure thinking I would,” answered the first crow. “Since I The first crow took a few moments found it first, it’s all mine.” to think. Crows Share a Pie • Level N 5 6 “I suppose I could share it with you. “I suppose so,” said the first crow. After all, it is a very large pie. How The crow sliced the pie in half. Just do you propose we divide it?” he as he finished cutting, two more asked. crows landed with a flutter of black “Let’s just split it down the middle,” wings. They stared at the pie with offered the second crow. “That way bright, greedy eyes. you get one half, and I get the other half. It’s fair if we each get equal halves of the pie, isn’t it?”
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The first and second crows glanced at each other, wondering whether or not they could bear to give away some of the pie. They finally agreed “How about offering some of that that sharing was a good thing, so tasty-looking pie to us?” they they decided to split the pie with begged. the other two crows. Crows Share a Pie • Level N 9 10 “How do we cut up the pie now?” “Brilliant idea,” said the first crow, asked the first crow. and he cut the two halves in half, making fourths. “There—we’ve got The second crow, being the smarter four equal pieces. Now everyone of the two, suggested dividing each should be happy. Let’s eat!” of the halves down the middle.
“Cutting each half into two pieces
will make four equal slices. Each of us will have one-fourth of the pie,” she said.
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There was a bunch of squawking But before the first four crows could and cawing among the first four take even one bite of pie, four more crows. But they, too, agreed that crows sailed down and perched on sharing was a good thing, and they the ledge beside them. They stared decided to give a portion of the pie hungrily at the pie. to the four other hungry crows.
“How about being generous and “Now what are we going to do to
sharing that lovely pie with some make sure everyone gets an equal poor, hungry crows?” they pleaded. piece?” asked the first crow. Crows Share a Pie • Level N 13 14 “Sounds good to us,” shouted all the crows. “Now, let’s hurry and The second crow declared, “No eat our pieces of pie before we have problem. We just make eight equal to split them into even smaller pieces by cutting each of the fourths fractions.” in half. That will mean we each get one-eighth of the pie. That’s the Each hungry crow gobbled down fairest way to do it, and everyone one-eighth of the pie, and then they should be happy.” all flew off in search of more. Crows Share a Pie • Level N 15 16