the ant and the grasshopper once upon a time there lived ants and a grasshopper in a grassy meadow all day long the ants would work hard collecting grains of wheat from the farmer's field far away they used to work in much disciplined manner they would hurry to the field every morning as soon as it was light enough to see buy and toil back with heavy grains of wheat balanced on their head they would put the grains of wheat carefully away in their large Erland and then hurry back to the field for more on the other
hand the grasshopper was lazy and would rest all day in the shade singing songs to himself and eating tasty treats he would enjoy his life to the fullest and hardly cared what comes next he always used to pity the poor ants who worked hard all day days went by and grasshopper hopped around lazily in the grass warm happy and well fed and chirping and singing to himself because life was good while ants were carrying grains and taking them to their nest with the great toil one day when the ants were carrying the grains one of
the ants fell down due to the heavy weight of the grain he was tired and hurt instead of helping the ant grasshopper looked at him and laughed the ant asked mr. grasshopper will you please help me with lifting this grain till my nest I will be really thankful to you but the grasshopper ignored him and continued playing his music with many efforts the ant alone lifted the grain hmm where do you work so hard dear aunt said the grasshopper come rest a while listen to my song summer is here and the days are long and
bright why waste the sunshine in labor and toil the ant would ignore him and head bent would just hurry to the field a little faster this would make the grasshopper laugh even louder what a silly little ant you are he would call after her come come and dance with me forget about work enjoy the summer live a little I am helping to lay up food for the winter said the ant and recommend you do the same oh why bother about winter said the grasshopper we've got plenty of food at present and there's still plenty of
time to prepare for winter but the ant knew what he was doing and went on his way and continued his toil as the grasshopper hopped away across the meadow singing and dancing merrily this continued for the rest of the days to come instead of working and preparing for winter the grasshopper preferred to dance sing and play at his leisure he did not realize that the wonderful summer days will not last forever and soon cold and rainy days will be near summer faded into autumn and autumn turned into winter the Sun was hardly seen and the
days were short and gray the nights long and dark it became freezing cold and snow began to fall the grasshoppers shivered through the cold breeze he tried to cover himself with the dry leaves around but the strong wind even glued those away they felt hungry and could not find anything to eat he was sure that if he would not eat he will soon die he felt weak and soon grasshopper realized that the ant was right and he should have been prepared the grasshopper didn't feel like singing anymore he was cold and hungry he had nowhere
to shelter from the snow and nothing to eat the meadow and the farmer's field were covered in snow there was no food to be had Oh what shall I do yeah shall I go wailed the grasshopper he hadn't thought that this winter might be worse than usual and because he hadn't stored food for himself or helped anyone else to do it he would not live to see another summer he had nowhere to shelter from the snow and found himself dying of hunger while he saw the ants enjoying the food stored and collected in the summer
ah I shall go to the end and ask her for food and shelter declared the grasshopper perking up so he staggered to the ants Hill and knocked at their door hello and he cried cheerfully Here I am to see for you as I won myself by a fire while he gave me some food from your from that larder of yours no no mr. grasshopper we do not wish to listen to any song of yours he begged them to let him in and asked for something to eat or else he would die what cried the ants
and surprised haven't you stored anything away for the winter what in the world were you doing all last summer hey hey hey I didn't I didn't have time to store any food complain the grasshopper I was just so busy playing the music that before I knew the summer was gone the ants shook their heads and disgust turned their backs on the grasshopper and went on with their work the ant who once asked the grasshopper to help him looked at him and said all summer long I worked hard while you made fun of me and sang
and danced you should have thought of winter then find somewhere else to sing grasshopper there is no warmth or food for you here and the ant shut the door in the grasshoppers face the grasshopper could do nothing but cry the end if you enjoyed this story please like and subscribe our channel and press the bell icon to get future updates and don't forget to comment
