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A classic fable about the importance of preparing for the future and the consequences of living in the present. Read different versions of the story, the moral, and the application by various authors and illustrators.
The Ant and the Grasshopper, alternatively titled The Grasshopper and the Ant (or Ants), is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 373 in the Perry Index. The fable describes how a hungry grasshopper begs for food from an ant when winter comes and is refused.
A classic fable about the importance of planning ahead and working hard. The Ants scorn the Grasshopper who wasted his summer playing music and asks him to dance when he is hungry.
Learn the moral of the story of the ant and the grasshopper, who had different approaches to life. The ant worked hard and stored food for winter, while the grasshopper sang and danced and regretted later.
1. Can the grasshopper play any musical instrument? 2. What two kinds of food did the ant carry to the anthill? 3. In what season did the ant and grasshopper first meet? 4. Why does the ant save food in the summer? 5. What do you think happened to the grasshopper at the end of the story?
One beautiful summer day, a lazy grasshopper was chirping and sitting and playing games, just as he did every day. A hard-working ant passed by, carrying a huge leaf that he was taking back to the ant's nest. The grasshopper said to the ant , "All you ants do is work all day.
The Ant and the Grasshopper, also known as The Grasshopper and the Ant (or Ants) is one of the most famous of Aesop's Fables. This fable's moral lesson emphasizes the twin values of hard work and planning for the future.
