09 The Ants And The Grasshopper

The ants and the grasshopper

Once upon a time...On a hot summer day, a lazy, happy grasshopper enjoyed singing on the grass.

A long queue of red ants struggled to carry food not far away.

“Hurry up! Let’s carry food for a whole year.”

Seeing the ants, teased the grasshopper.

“why are you in such a hurry on this fine day? Take a rest for a while and sing a song with me.”

The red ants paid no attention to him. They kept on working.

Before long, the summer passed and the difficult winter came. The grasshopper, who had busied himself playing, had no food to eat in the winter time.

The grasshopper ate no food for several days. He tried hard to find something to eat but he had nothing. He thought of the red ants who had kept a lot of food. He braved the cold air to see them.

Finally, the grasshopper struggled to find the red ants’ nest. He begged,“My dear friends, I’m very hungry. Would you please give me some food?”

Seeing the poor grasshopper, the red ants shook their heads and refused him,“Sorry, we can’t give you any food. Our stored food is only enough for us all in the winter time. If you had gathered food instead of singing all the last summer, you would not have been like this,” said a red ant in the end.

The grasshopper left the ants’ nest and went into the snowstorm. Sine then, the song of the happy grasshopper was heard no more.

Moral: It is the best to prepare for the days of necessity.