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. 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 had no food and 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 days of need.
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It was good Short Story!
It was good Short Story!
Its good short and meaningful story.
Its good short and meaningful story.
This short story is the good lesson for persons who are not..
This short story is the good lesson for persons who are not careful about their future.
i wonder if the ants gives a food to grasshopper.
i wonder if the ants gives a food to grasshopper.
This story is a good short lesson for people who are not..
This story is a good short lesson for people who are not careful about their future.
I think this story is very interesting because this story..
I think this story is very interesting because this story tell to the people that is best to do the work before that to the end.
is short story but good. Because you can learn about the..
is short story but good. Because you can learn about the friendships and that everythings has their time.And you need find this time.
"Bugs Life" Grasshopers get food from ants... ants starve!
"Bugs Life" Grasshopers get food from ants... ants starve!
I love this story! Short and amazing! The story told us..
I love this story! Short and amazing! The story told us have to make many plan to do anything for the future!!
Short and wonderful story. I dont wanna be "Grasshopper"...
Short and wonderful story. I dont wanna be "Grasshopper". So make some plan for the future. Do it! ^-^
This story is about telling people to prepare for the..
This story is about telling people to prepare for the future. Its a good story for children. However, in a real life, the things are not undergoing the same as we thought. Who know the future? In addition, who is sure that be prepared for the future is always a good one? For example, the ants on the story lay up food for the winter, if a storm, hurricane, or flood come before the winter...what will go on. I havent said prepare is not good, but I want to say that prepare food for future is not enough. We need to save our soul for the future. If you want to save our life for the future, you need to share what you have now for others in your neighbor, or your community... Bach Phung - Vietnamese Phoenix
It was very short story, but I had big lesson. People have..
It was very short story, but I had big lesson. People have to prepare the future. And we make a plan.Otherwise we have suffering unfortuna-tely.
I like the story alot but you always got to learn a lesson..
I like the story alot but you always got to learn a lesson some how! This is by G.E.
This is a very simple story telling about the ant want to..
This is a very simple story telling about the ant want to have a warm and rich winter. It prepared enough food before winter. However the grasshopper was hopping, chirping and singing in the summer. When the winter came the Grasshopper starved because it cannot find any food in the cold winter. The story said we have to prepare for the future.
I think that this is a very good story, because it can tell..
I think that this is a very good story, because it can tell us the importance of the preparing for future.
it was very good story. this story can give lesson for all..
it was very good story. this story can give lesson for all the people to prepare and to think about thier future. also this story every one can read it beceuase it is short and it has nice moral
It was a good story for childrens and for other adults like..
It was a good story for childrens and for other adults like me. The story gives you good advice, like for example: It is best to prepare for days of need, in other words you dont know what is going to hapenned if you dont prepare yourself in other times, and for me that was a good advice for children or for adults.
this storie should people how to prepare their self went a..
this storie should people how to prepare their self went a bad day come you need to prepare your self for everyting becouse if you dont are prepare went bad days come you are not be passing those day all right
we need to prepare our self for everyting in this world don..
we need to prepare our self for everyting in this world don matter what and this is a short fable that show kids how to be more prepare to a future.
This is a good short-story for the people that never think..
This is a good short-story for the people that never think about the future, because they just think about the present and this story tell us that is very important think about the present and this story tell us that is very important think about the future, because we dont know what can occur.
It was good short story, is a lesson for people who arenot..
It was good short story, is a lesson for people who arenot careful about their future.
I think this short story is the good lesson for persons who..
I think this short story is the good lesson for persons who are not careful about their future.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself! MODERN..
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself! MODERN VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks hes a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving. CBS, NBC, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. America is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so? Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper, and everybody cries when they sing "Its Not Easy Being Green." Jesse Jackson stages a demonstration in front of the ants house where the news stations film the group singing "We shall overcome." Jesse then has the group kneel down to pray to God for the grasshoppers sake. Tom Daschle & Walter Mondale exclaim in an interview with Peter Jennings that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his "fair share." Finally, the EEOC drafts the "Economic Equity and Anti-Grasshopper Act," retroactive to the beginning of the summer. The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government. Hillary gets her old law firm to represent the grasshopper in a defamation suit against the ant, and the case is tried before a panel of federal judges that Bill appointed from a list of single-parent welfare recipients. The ant loses the case. The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ants food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ants old house, crumbles around him because he doesnt maintain it. The ant has disappeared in the snow. The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood. MORAL OF THE STORY: demand the facts before you act
This story is so good story. I think this is moral of my..
This story is so good story. I think this is moral of my ideal life. However, my character is near to the Grasshopper so I envy guys who have the Ants character. When I was child I read this story. At that time I thought I will be the Ant but I think Grasshopper is not bad now. Maybe my opinion about the Grasshopper was changing.
I dont really understand the story line and think that it..
I dont really understand the story line and think that it shouldnt end with the grasshopper dying in a U rating.
this book is short and sweet its straight to the point and..
this book is short and sweet its straight to the point and the morale is one we can all relate what a great strory
It was rubbish story there is no action and the grasshopper..
It was rubbish story there is no action and the grasshopper should die.
its got a good moral keep it up
its got a good moral keep it up
I love Grassyhoppers becuase they look nice! And ants are..
I love Grassyhoppers becuase they look nice! And ants are not nice because they speak!ow yeh the grassyhopper speaks as well I am just going to go
this shows that hard work pays off
this shows that hard work pays off
i think that the ant is very sensible that the ant was..
i think that the ant is very sensible that the ant was saving food for the winter but grasshoppppers are funny because they are green
i thought this story was very good because it tells a very..
i thought this story was very good because it tells a very important lesson to prepare earliar
I think the moral of this story is a very good one- the..
I think the moral of this story is a very good one- the best future is a prepared one! I must remember this when I go into year 10!
Why didnt the grasshopper just jump up and down and then he..
Why didnt the grasshopper just jump up and down and then he wouldnt get cold?
the grasshopper is so stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the grasshopper is so stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think before G.H was going to freeze to die, might be ant..
I think before G.H was going to freeze to die, might be ant take some promisses from G.H, Work for me going to die or something big one.
It is so famous story. But it always teaches me.
It is so famous story. But it always teaches me.
Oh, it is very very very good story. It is well-known..
Oh, it is very very very good story. It is well-known story, but .. but..
the story has a good moral!
the story has a good moral!
* I think this stories was interasting because when..
* I think this stories was interasting because when winter time grasshoper he didnt have food. It was a good short story! It is simple story and easy to understand. I think many childer like it because many childern like was like funny story.
This story is very interasting because this story telling..
This story is very interasting because this story telling about the ant want to have warm and rich for winter.
o I think is a good story for kids basically because they..
o I think is a good story for kids basically because they need to learn this for the future o If kids doesn’t learn this at a small age its very hard they can do it at an older age o It’s also a good lesson for people who aren’t children o The moral of the fable is something you must have present everyday o The fable also teaches you that don’t wait for things to happen if you can prevent them o The fable is very believable to happen
this is a good lesson for all people because is important..
this is a good lesson for all people because is important to think in the future. by G>G>
I LIKE THIS STORY BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT STORY AND..
I LIKE THIS STORY BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT STORY AND ITS VERY GOOD FOR MY LIFE.
The story is so great! and has a perfect message... I think..
The story is so great! and has a perfect message... I think this is more than a short story, because is a perfect lesson for people who are not careful about their future. I can compare this story with real life, because people who work hard when are young can be prepare to get a good life in the future. You dont know what is going to happend if you dont prepare yourself for the future. We never come back to the past, so we have to be responsible and always think in ourselves and family.
i really like this story alot and things like this really..
i really like this story alot and things like this really happen in real life and it telling people to get ready for what cameing head.
i liked this story because4 it was funny and made me laugh
i liked this story because4 it was funny and made me laugh
Its best to prepare for days of need.After reading,I..
Its best to prepare for days of need.After reading,I think we always have to consider about the future,and we cant be too lazy in our lives without regreting. So, this story is a very good example for us. by Sunny
I like this story. I think everybody must be care with the..
I like this story. I think everybody must be care with the days are coming. Is better do the things today than tomorrow. From Monterrey, Mexico René Rodríguez
I think this storys moral is very important for our life.We..
I think this storys moral is very important for our life.We also have a proverb in Japan."You should bring a stick before you fall down." I think it is better to do anything in advance for the future,if it possible.But I also think it is difficult in actuality. It might be happen unexpected thing.
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