The Ant and The Grasshopper

Once there lived an ant and a grasshopper in a grassy meadow.

All day long the ant would work hard, collecting grains of wheat from the farmer's
field far away. She would hurry to the field every morning, as soon as it was light
enough to see by, and toil back with a heavy grain of wheat balanced on her head. She
would put the grain of wheat carefully away in her larder, and then hurry back to the
field for another one. All day long she would work, without stop or rest, scurrying
back and forth from the field, collecting the grains of wheat and storing them
carefully in her larder.
The grasshopper would look at her and laugh. 'Why do you work so hard, dear ant'
he would say. '!ome, rest awhile, listen to my song. Summer is here, the days are
long and bright. Why waste the sunshine in labour and toil'
The ant would ignore him, and head bent, would "ust 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. '!ome, come and dance with me# $orget about work# %n"oy
the summer# &ive a little#' And the grasshopper would hop away across the meadow,
singing and dancing merrily.
Summer faded into autumn, and autumn turned into winter. The sun was hardly seen,
and the days were short and grey, the nights long and dark. 't became free(ing cold,
and snow began to fall.
The grasshopper didn't feel like singing any more. )e was cold and hungry. )e had
nowhere to shelter from the snow, and nothing to eat. The meadow and the farmer's
field were covered in snow, and there was no food to be had. 'Oh what shall ' do
Where shall ' go' wailed the grasshopper. Suddenly he remembered the ant. 'Ah * '
shall go to the ant and ask her for food and shelter#' declared the grasshopper, perking
up. So off he went to the ant's house and knocked at her door. ')ello ant#' he cried
cheerfully. ')ere ' am, to sing for you, as ' warm myself by your fire, while you get
me some food from that larder of yours#'
The ant looked at the grasshopper and said, 'All summer long ' worked hard while
you made fun of me, and sang and danced. +ou should have thought of winter then#
$ind somewhere else to sing, grasshopper# There is no warmth or food for you here#'
And the ant shut the door in the grasshopper's face.
't is wise to worry about tomorrow today.
T)% %,-
Ant dan The .elalang
Setelah hiduplah seekor semut dan belalang di padang rumput berumput.
Sepan"ang hari semut akan beker"a keras, mengumpulkan butir gandum dari lapangan
petani "auh. -ia akan bergegas ke lapangan setiap pagi, begitu sudah cukup terang
untuk melihat, dan ker"a keras kembali dengan sebutir gandum seimbang berat di
kepalanya. -ia akan meletakkan bi"i gandum hati*hati "auh di ruang penyimpanan
makanan, dan kemudian bergegas kembali ke lapangan untuk satu lagi. Sepan"ang
hari dia akan beker"a, tanpa berhenti atau istirahat, bergegas bolak*balik dari
lapangan, mengumpulkan bi"i*bi"ian gandum dan menyimpannya hati*hati di gudang
makanan itu.
.elalang akan memandangnya dan tertawa. /0engapa Anda beker"a begitu keras,
semut Sayang/ ia akan mengatakan. /Ayo, istirahat sebentar, mendengarkan lagu
saya. 0usim panas di sini, hari*hari pan"ang dan cerah. 0engapa membuang*buang
sinar matahari dalam ker"a dan ker"a keras /
Semut akan mengabaikan dirinya, dan menundukkan kepalanya, hanya akan bergegas
ke lapangan sedikit lebih cepat. )al ini akan membuat tertawa bahkan lebih keras
belalang. /Apa seekor semut kecil yang bodoh kau#/ ia akan menelepon setelah dia.
/Ayo, datang dan berdansa dengan saya# &upakan tentang peker"aan# ,ikmati musim
panas# Tinggal sedikit# / -an belalang akan melompat ke seberang padang rumput,
menyanyi dan menari riang.
0usim panas memudar men"adi musim gugur, dan musim gugur berubah men"adi
musim dingin. 0atahari hampir tidak terlihat, dan hari*hari yang pendek dan kelabu,
malam*malam pan"ang dan gelap. 'ni men"adi dingin, dan sal"u mulai turun.
.elalang tidak merasa seperti bernyanyi lagi. -ia dingin dan lapar. -ia tempat untuk
berlindung dari sal"u, dan tidak makan. 1adang rumput dan lapangan petani yang
tertutup sal"u, dan tidak ada makanan yang bisa didapat. /Oh apa yang harus saya
lakukan -imana saya harus pergi / ratap belalang. Tiba*tiba ia ingat semut. /Ah *
Aku akan pergi ke semut dan memintanya untuk makanan dan tempat tinggal#/
menyatakan belalang, menyemangati up. 2adi pergilah ia ke rumah semut dan
mengetuk pintu. /)alo semut#/ serunya riang. /-i sini saya, bernyanyi untuk Anda,
karena saya menghangatkan diri dengan api Anda, saat Anda mendapatkan saya
beberapa makanan dari yang tempat penyimpanan makanan itu#/
Semut melihat belalang dan berkata, /Sepan"ang musim panas aku beker"a keras
sementara Anda mengolok*olok saya, dan bernyanyi dan menari. Anda harus sudah
memikirkan musim dingin yang lalu# !ari tempat lain untuk menyanyi, belalang#
Tidak ada kehangatan atau makanan bagi Anda di sini# / -an semut menutup pintu di
wa"ah belalang itu.
Adalah bi"aksana untuk khawatir tentang besok hari.
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