PREPARATION FOE WINTER 



THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER 



ALL summer long the ants gathered grain 

 and carried it to their nests. 



One fine day in winter they took it out to dry. 



A poor starving grasshopper saw them at 

 work. He begged them to give him a little 

 food. 



The ants asked him why he had not saved 

 food during the summer. 



He said, "I did not have time enough. I 

 sang all day long." 



The ants laughed at him, and said*: 



" You were foolish to sing all summer. No 

 wonder that you have gone to bed without a 

 supper all winter." 



Adapted from .ZEsop. 

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