The author of "The Crow Drinks Water" is Aesop.
Aesop, a Greek fabler in the 6th century BC, a Phrygian, was born in Greece more than 2,500 years ago. Together with Krylov, La Fontaine and Lessing, he is known as the world's four great fabulists. The now common "Aesop's Fables" was compiled by later generations based on the fables collected by the Byzantine monk Planudes and the ancient Greek fables manuscripts that were discovered one after another.
Writing Characteristics
In terms of genre and writing techniques, Aesop's works are diverse, including fairy tales, fables, and poems; they are suitable for both children's reading and For adults to appreciate. The artistic images he created, such as: the tortoise and the hare, the fox and the grapes, the wolf and the lamb, etc., have become allusions in European languages.
In terms of language style, Aesop made extensive use of the daily spoken language of the lower class people and the structural form of folk stories in his works. The language is vivid, natural, smooth, beautiful, and full of rich local flavor.