The Ants and the Grasshopper
THE ANTS were spending a fine winter's day
drying grain collected in the summertime. 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." They then said in derision:
"If you were foolish enough to sing all
the summer, you must dance supperless to
bed in the winter."
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