One hot afternoon a crow felt very thirsty. He went in search of water and could not find it anywhere. At last he came across a pitcher kept in the yard of a house.

He perched on it’s mouth and peeped in. He was overjoyed to see some water. But when he put his beak in, to drink the water, he could not, as the level of water was too low.

The thirsty crow looked around and saw few pebbles scattered in the yard. He had an idea. He picked one of them and dropped in into the pitcher. The level of the water rose a little. Then he dropped pebble after pebble, till he could reach the water drink comfortably and quench his thirst

L1 - Learning Level 1 (lessons from the story)

Necessity is the mother of creativity
Creativity opens out unlimited possibilities
Creativity makes life more meaningful

L2 – Learning Level 2 (experience sharing)
1. Share your experience, where thinking out of the box yielded good result
2. Share why creativity is being seen as a rare commodity
3. Share What does creativity mean to you ?

L3 – Learning Level 3 (introspection)
1. What prevents creativity in a person ?
2. How often I hang on to conventional method ?
3. How much do I use my creative brain ?

Story No :2 (Lateral Thinking)

A party of suppliers was being given a tour of a mental hospital.
One of the visitors had made some very insulting remarks about the patients.
After the tour the visitors were introduced to various members of staff in the canteen.
The rude visitor chatted to one of the security staff, Bill, a kindly and wise ex-policeman.

"Are they all raving loonies in here then?" said the rude man.
"Only the ones who fail the test," said Bill.
"What's the test?" said the rude man.
"Well, we show them a bath full of water, a bucket, a jug and an egg-cup, and we ask them what the quickest way to empty the bath is," said Bill.
"Oh I see, simple - the normal ones know it's the bucket, right?"
"No actually," said Bill, "The normal ones say pull out the plug. Should I check when there's a bed free for you?"

Moral :

Having confidence is good but overconfidence may often prove you wrong
Making assumption is risky