Angličtina: 3. střední škola

After a long time without water, a thirsty crow finally found a pitcher with some water in it. However, the pitcher was almost empty and, try as hard as it could, the crow could not reach the water to drink.

Suddenly, the crow got an idea! It grabbed a small rock and threw it into the pitcher. Then another and another one. Seeing that it worked, the crow threw another five rocks into the pitcher, until finally, the water was so high that the crow could easily reach into it and drink the water that was in it.

Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland from its position on the Castle Rock. Archaeologists have established human occupation of the rock since at least the Iron Age (2nd century AD), although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until 1633. From the 15th century the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as military barracks with a large garrison. Its importance as a part of Scotland's national heritage was recognised increasingly from the early 19th century onwards, and various restoration programmes have been carried out over the past century and a half. As one of the most important strongholds in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite rising of 1745. Research undertaken in 2014 identified 26 sieges in its 1100-year-old history, giving it a claim to having been “the most besieged place in Great Britain and one of the most attacked in the world”.