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The Ant and The Grasshopper

The ants were collecting kernels of corn to store for the winter while the grasshopper sang and played. When winter came, the grasshopper had not stored any food and was starving, while the ants had plenty of stored corn to eat from their anthill. The grasshopper begged the ants for food but they refused, pointing out that he had not prepared while they worked hard all summer to collect food.

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The Ant and The Grasshopper

The ants were collecting kernels of corn to store for the winter while the grasshopper sang and played. When winter came, the grasshopper had not stored any food and was starving, while the ants had plenty of stored corn to eat from their anthill. The grasshopper begged the ants for food but they refused, pointing out that he had not prepared while they worked hard all summer to collect food.

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The Ant and the Grasshopper

In a field one summer's day a grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's
content. A group of ants walked by, grunting as they struggled to carry plump kernels of corn.
"Where are you going with those heavy things?" asked the grasshopper.
Without stopping, the first ant replied, "To our ant hill. This is the third kernel I've delivered
today."
"Why not come and sing with me," teased the grasshopper, "instead of working so hard?"
"We are helping to store food for the winter," said the ant, "and think you should do the same."
"Winter is far away and it is a glorious day to play," sang the grasshopper.
But the ants went on their way and continued their hard work.
The weather soon turned cold. All the food lying in the field was covered with a thick white
blanket of snow that even the grasshopper could not dig through. Soon the grasshopper found
itself dying of hunger.
He staggered to the ants' hill and saw them handing out corn from the stores they had collected in
the summer. He begged them for something 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 any food," complained the grasshopper; "I was so busy playing music
that before I knew it the summer was gone."
The ants shook their heads in disgust, turned their backs on the grasshopper and went on with
their work.

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