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    The Ants

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    The story is about an ant and a grasshopper. In the summer the ant works hard collecting food while the grasshopper plays. When winter comes the grasshopper has no food while the ant has stored enough. The grasshopper learns it's important to prepare for the future.

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    The Ants

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    The story is about an ant and a grasshopper. In the summer the ant works hard collecting food while the grasshopper plays. When winter comes the grasshopper has no food while the ant has stored enough. The grasshopper learns it's important to prepare for the future.

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    The story is about an ant and a grasshopper. In the summer the ant works hard collecting food while the grasshopper plays. When winter comes the grasshopper has no food while the ant has stored enough. The grasshopper learns it's important to prepare for the future.

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    The Ants

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    The story is about an ant and a grasshopper. In the summer the ant works hard collecting food while the grasshopper plays. When winter comes the grasshopper has no food while the ant has stored enough. The grasshopper learns it's important to prepare for the future.

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    The Ants & the Grasshopper

    One bright day in late autumn a family of


    Ants were bustling about in the warm sunshine,
    drying out the grain they had stored up during
    the summer, when a starving Grasshopper, his
    fiddle under his arm, came up and humbly begged
    for a bite to eat.

    "What!" cried the Ants in surprise, "haven't


    you stored anything away for the winter? What in
    the world were you doing all last summer?"

    "I didn't have time to store up any food,"


    whined the Grasshopper; "I was so busy making
    music that before I knew it the summer was
    gone."

    The Ants shrugged their shoulders in disgust.

    "Making music, were you?" they cried. "Very


    well; now dance!" And they turned their backs on
    the Grasshopper and went on with their work.

    There's a time for work and a time for play.


    The Ant and the Grasshopper
    Illustrated by Scott Roberto

    In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was


    hopping about, chirping and singing to its
    heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along
    with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to
    the nest.

    "Why not come and chat with me," said the


    Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in
    that way?"

    "I am helping to lay up food for the winter,"


    said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the
    same."

    "Why bother about winter?" said the


    Grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at
    present." But the Ant went on its way and
    continued its toil.

    When the winter came the Grasshopper found


    itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants
    distributing, every day, corn and grain from the
    stores they had collected in the summer.
    Then the Grasshopper knew...

    It is best to prepare for the days of


    necessity.
    On a beautiful summer day, a grasshopper hopped around lazily in the
    grass. He was warm, happy and well-fed, and he was chirping and
    singing to himself because life was good.

    While the Grasshopper was enjoying the day, an ant carried grains and
    took them to the nest with great toil.

    On seeing the hardworking ant passing by, the Grasshopper invited him
    to join him and share his fun.

    All day long in the summer, the ant would work hard, collecting food
    while the Grasshopper enjoyed the bright summer days.

    The Grasshopper would look at the ant and laugh. ‘Why do you work so
    hard, dear ant?’ he would say. ‘Come, rest for a while, listen to my song.
    Summer is here, and the days are long and bright. Why waste the
    sunshine in labor and toil?’

    “I am helping lay up food for the winter,” said the ant, “and recommend
    you do the same.”

    “Why to bother about winter?” said the Grasshopper; “We have got
    plenty of food at present, and there is still plenty of time to prepare for
    winter.” But the ant knew what he was doing and went on his way and
    continued his toil.

    All-day long, the ant would work, without stop or rest, scurrying back
    and forth from the field, collecting the grains and storing them carefully
    in her larder.

    Instead of working and preparing for winter, the Grasshopper preferred


    to dance, sing and play at his leisure. But unfortunately, he did not
    realize that the beautiful summer days would not last forever, and soon
    cold and rainy days would soon be near.
    Summer faded into autumn, and autumn turned into winter. The sun was
    hardly seen, the days got shorter, and the nights got longer. It became
    cold, and snow began to fall.

    When the cold winter came, the Grasshopper realized that the ant was
    right and should have been prepared. The Grasshopper didn’t feel like
    singing anymore. He should not have wasted all his time when food was
    plentiful.  He was now cold and hungry.

    He hadn’t thought that this winter might be worse than usual. And
    because he hadn’t stored food for himself or helped anyone else to do it,
    he would not live to see another summer. He had nowhere to shelter
    from the snow and found himself dying of hunger – while it saw the ant
    enjoying the food stored and collected in the summer.

    Moral: Work hard today, and you can reap the benefits tomorrow.

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