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Milo Winter (1919) 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.
The Ant and the Grasshopper — Long long time ago. Aesop. Retold and illustrated by Rohini Chowdhury. Once there lived an ant and a grasshopper in a grassy meadow. All day long the ant would work hard, collecting grains of wheat from the farmer’s field far away.
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.
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?
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.
The ant gave the grasshopper a few crumbs, but the grasshopper was cold, miserable, and hungry all winter. The next summer, the grasshopper worked hard to store food for the upcoming winter. That next winter, grasshopper was well fed and happy! He had learned to think ahead and plan for the future.
The Grasshopper noticed that the Ant was dragging along a huge ear of corn. ‘That looks like hard work, mate,’ said the Grasshopper. ‘Tell me about it,’ said the Ant.
The Ant and the Grasshopper. On a cold frosty day an ant was dragging out some of the corn that he had laid up in summer time, to dry it. A grasshopper, half-perished with hunger, besought the ant to give him a morsel of it to preserve his life.
A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food. The Ants inquired of him, “Why did you not treasure up food during the summer?’. He replied, “I had not leisure enough. I passed the days in singing.”
The Ant and the Grasshopper Lyrics 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...
