Read History with Doubt - Bursting the Gorgeous Shell of History

Author: Wang Zhongxu
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: After the Crow Drinks Water, there was another crow that was terribly thirsty and looked everywhere for water. At this point, it saw some water in a bottle but couldn’t reach it. So, it used its wits and picked up stones one by one and dropped them into the bottle. As the water level rose, the crow was able to drink. According to bird experts, crows are one of the most intelligent species of birds. A television station once filmed two scenes. One showed a crow waiting for the traffic light to turn red before walking boldly across the sidewalk. Another scene depicted a crow flying to a utility pole to drop nuts from a height, shattering them on the ground, or waiting for passing cars to crush them. To cut to the chase. After the crow drank water, its heroic act quickly spread across the country, earning the love and admiration of crows. They unanimously crowned it king. The crows said it was a genius, one that would only appear every few hundred or even a few thousand years. The crows were blessed; with such a wise leader, how could the Crow Kingdom not thrive and prosper, and how could the crows not live happily ever after?
In the past, in the world of birds, crows had always been part of the third world, discriminated against and oppressed. But now, with this wise leader, this savior, the crow species would surely stand tall among the birds of the world, recreating its glory and rising again. The crow that became king walked with pride, strutting around. It believed that to truly revitalize its kind, it must launch a "Water Drinking Revolution." Through this revolution, every crow would become smarter and stronger. It planned to promote its water-drinking experience nationwide, ensuring all crows adopted the stone-throwing method to drink. Through the revolution, outdated and ignorant habits would be broken, and a scientific approach to drinking would be advocated—neither drinking from any container nor drinking dirty or foul water. In this way, the crow race would become respected and refined in the bird world.
However, the king didn’t expect that his order would be met with collective resistance from the northern crows. These crows, used to freedom, didn’t care whether the water was from ponds, ditches, clean, or dirty—they just drank whenever they were thirsty, regardless of bottles or stones. What did being a gentleman, civilized, or respected have to do with them? The king flew into a rage, believing that the northern crows dared to defy his order because the old leader was resentful and meddling. So, it dismissed the old crow and appointed a female crow in its place. This renowned female crow was the one mocked by the world for her singing. This foolishly infamous Crow Lady was an avid promoter of the Water Drinking Revolution and deeply trusted by the crow king.
Crow Lady walked into office with her head held high, full of confidence. She was determined to carry out the king’s instructions without deviation, launching the Water Drinking Revolution with great fanfare. Under Crow Lady’s leadership, the entire northern region was adorned with banners and drums, streets were covered in slogans, and propaganda teams roamed the streets and alleys. During the day, the crows danced the large yangge dance, and at night, they carried large red lanterns. It was truly a household and universal knowledge. But Crow Lady knew,