Pratt: The Lazy Grasshoppers.

In a great field lived the Ants and the Grasshoppers. The Ants were busy little folks. They worked all summer getting grain for the winter. "We shall need it to eat, then," said the wise Ants. "I'd rather hop in the sun!" said a Grasshopper. "But there will be snow in the winter. Then we can get no food!" answered the Ants. "But the sun is so nice and warm!" chirped the Grasshoppers. By-and-by winter came. O how cold it was! The Grasshoppers' legs were stiff with cold. And they were so hungry. "Please give us some grain, dear Ants," begged the Grasshoppers. "We have none to spare," answered the Ants. "But we have none at all!" cried the Grasshoppers. "What were you doing all summer?" asked the Ants. "Why did you not store away some grain then?" "O we could not! We danced and hopped and sang all summer long!" "Then why not dance and hop and sing all winter, too?" answered the Ants. "How stingy Ants are!" chirped the lazy Grasshoppers. "How lazy Grasshoppers are!" thought the busy Ants.

Source: Mara Pratt's Aesop 5.

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