The Grasshopper and the Ant

The Grasshopper and the Ant

            One summer, a grasshopper spent his days merrily singing and dancing. He hopped everywhere, while ants were busy gathering grains of wheat and cron. He launghed at the ants and said, “How dull! Why don’t you sing and dance with me instead of working under the hot sun?” 

          “We are storing away food for the winter,” they explained, “you should do the same.”

          The grasshopper launghed and replied, “Why worry about the winter? I have plenty to eat  for now.” And he hopped away to look for someone to play with.

 But when the winter came, the grasshopper had could find no more food.  Shivering, he knocked at the ants’ door. “Can you spare me some seeds?” he begged. “I’m cold and hungry!”

“We worked hard all summer to store away food,” they answered. “What were you doing?”

“The sing and dance for us now!,” they told him. “It’s time you work for your dinner.”