The Ant and The Grasshopper

Once upon a time, a grasshopper lived in a beautiful garden. On a pleasant summer day, the grasshopper was having a lot of fun. It was hopping about, singing, dancing and playing to its heart’s content when he noticed a line of ants marching along carrying food grains with great toil.

“Where are you going with that heavy load,” the grasshopper asked to one of them. We are taking these seeds to our anthill” squeaked one of the ants.

“It is such a beautiful day, why don’t you come and play with me?” said the grasshopper. "There is food in each and every tree out here. Just eat, relax and have fun instead of toiling this way ”.

“We are helping to store up the food for the winter” replied the ant and "I recommend you to do the same”.

“Why bother about winter now?Winter is still far” said the grasshopper.The Ant ignored him and continued his work. All throughout the summer the grasshopper did nothing but eat, sleep and play.

The weather turned cold. All the food in the garden where the grasshopper lived was covered with a thick blanket of snow. The grasshopper found itself dying of hunger. He saw the ants distributing grains everyday from the stores they had collected in the summer. The Grasshopper realized his foolishness and understood the importance of saving for the future

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