The Story of the Poor, Forlorn Wren is a work of Akkadian literature in the form of a disputation, preserved only in late manuscripts.
The Story of the Poor, Forlorn Wren describes his conflict with Eagle – paragon of pride – resolved by the Sun God.
The poem ends with a short epimythium: the beloved of Marduk alone is allowed to nest and raise his progeny.
It is preserved in three library manuscripts from Babylon: one of them, MS BabPar1, dated to 69 BCE, is one of the latest datable cuneiform literary texts.
In addition, two excerpts of the fable on school tablets from Babylon and Nippur are known, which shows that its celebration of the ways of the humble found the favor of the Mesopotamian pedagogues.