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The Ants And The Grasshopper
The Ants and the Grasshopper The ants were spending a fine, cold winter’s day drying grain, while all of the other animals were hibernating. They were talking about how much effort they put into getting the grain, in the hot, yet breezy summertime, and how many scars they had gotten from bears who had stepped on them. Then, one of the ants saw a grasshopper lying on the ground, and said, “Hey you guys, over here.” When the rest of the ants got there, the meanest ant went up to the grasshopper. Then the grasshopper looked up and said, “Auntie, is that you?” The ant replied, “I’m not your aunt! Wait…” “Are you sure?” the grasshopper asked, “’Cause you look just like her.” “Yes I’m sure!!” answered the ant, “Was your aunt an ant?” Then the grasshopper replied, “No, are you an ant?” At that point, the ant was nearly bursting with anger, and said in the most ferocious voice you could ever imagine to come from such a little fellow’s mouth, “YES I’M SURE!!!!!!!” As anyone could have seen by now, the grasshopper was too mentally slow, so that he wasn’t even afraid of the ant, and said, “Ok, in that case, can I have some food?” “No!!” answered the ant. “What did you do all summer?” “I spent my time singing because I had nothing better to do,” replied the grasshopper, “What did you do?” “I gathered food like all the rest of the creatures!” answered the ant. “And if you were foolish enough to sing all summer you must dance to bed without food in the winter.” “What?” asked the grasshopper. “We won’t give you any food!” answered the ant. “Well why didn’t you say so in the first place?” Then both the ants and the grasshopper went on with their business.
The moral of the story is: “It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.”

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