The Ants and the Grasshopper

英语自学网

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."
        It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow