In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. "Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?" "I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same." "Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew:
It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.
2012-7-9 01:21 PM - IVAN NICOLAS
IT WAS SO GREAT HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2011-9-19 09:19 AM - De Du
Good
2011-6-10 07:38 AM - marybel
i think the moral lesson to this story is
♥it is right to follow good example from others...
2011-6-10 07:37 AM - marybel
i think the moral lesson to this story is
♥it is right to follow good example from others...
2010-11-25 02:12 PM - danielle
the story s
2009-8-3 02:46 PM - Jeuz Jez Reel
I think, the story has a lot to do with lazy man. Well the story was good, it shows hard work and patience as well.
2008-10-13 08:06 AM - tom jones
very nice story i like but not complete. i want the wholestory notthe sumarry...!! s...
2008-2-2 11:13 PM - gena lanceyen
great great great i loved it nexed time i think the grsshopper if it was alive it would hav been more carefull but its DEAD now 2 BADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
2008-2-2 11:10 PM - lola
great story the grasshopper should have listen NOW IT IS DEAD!
2006-12-9 07:29 PM - patti
this was agood story witha good moral! :) Aesop rock''s! (that means he is awsome)
2005-11-9 01:34 AM - corey
this fable is so cool
2005-6-8 08:10 PM - hannah
I think it had a great moral
2005-6-2 06:20 AM - John
An Ass having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices. They replied, "The dew." The Ass resolved that he would live only upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger. AESOP 6th Century B.C
2004-4-13 07:21 PM - cam
it was a good story
2004-3-23 11:28 PM - james
i like the story because theres a moral lesson in there that its better to be prepared bec. you will never knoe whats gonna happen and you need to use ur brain to handle your self and use your heart to handle others ok.....
2004-3-23 11:23 PM - james
i like the story because theres a moral lesson in there that its better to be prepared bec. you will never knoe whats gonna happen and you need to use ur brain to handle your self and use your brain to handle others ok.....
2004-3-4 11:56 PM -
it was a''ight
2003-5-15 02:58 PM - Jhassi
I read this story when I was 6, and I loved it. No I am a sad nobody searching the net for a copy of the same book I had then! It featured a lady grasshopper in purple flares with a flowery guitar! Ah...definatly the seventiies! Has anyone any ideas?
2003-3-11 02:08 PM - Ben jones
i like ants and grasshoppers for tea but the story is to difficult for me 2 read i like eating poo
2003-2-24 11:38 PM -
were can i fine pictures of the ant and the grasshopper
2002-3-5 06:36 PM - kendra
It make me sad and happy.
2001-11-13 08:56 PM - Amanda
I like the story because the Ant should have
not given the Grasshopper any food because the
Grasshopper was going to try to kill him.So I
say dont try to fool anyone.
2001-11-13 08:53 PM - dsjldjfklwdjfklsd
stupid asses
2001-11-12 06:03 PM - Elnora
I THINK THE STORY WAS GREAT
2001-11-12 05:59 PM - shirquerta
I think it was g
reat.
2001-11-12 05:59 PM - Elnora
Ithink the story was good.
2001-11-12 05:58 PM - Kela
I think the story was good.
2001-11-12 05:52 PM - cedric
THE STORY WAS GOOD BECAUSE I TOOK MY ON TIME READING THE STORY .IT WAS ABOUT THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
2001-2-6 10:37 AM - Laura
these fables are great but they do not show the true meaning of what Aesop meant when he intentionally wrote them. in some way he has captured the perfect meaning of what he wanted to show his readers
