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• Grasshopper • In the jungle

• ant
Story sequence – Ant and the grasshopper
 The Ant and the Grasshopper
Once there lived an ant and a
grasshopper. All day long the ant
worked hard, collecting little
grains of wheat. She picked up
the wheat grains and took it to
her anthill home. She worked
without rest.
The grasshopper would look at the ant and laugh. “Why do you work so
hard, dear ant? “he asked her. He would say “come listen to my song. It
is summer. The days are bright and sweet. Why waste the best days
with rough work and sweat?”
The ant heard the grasshopper but did not speak. She just worked on.
“What a silly little ant you are!” the grasshopper said. “Soon the
summer will be gone and you will be sorry for not enjoying these sunny
days.”
Soon it was winter. The sun was not to be
seen. The days were short and the nights
were long and dark. It became freezing and
the snow began to fall. The grasshopper
was cold and hungry. He had nothing to eat.

He thought of the ant. “I shall go to the ant

and ask for food.”
The grasshopper was cold and hungry. He
thought “I should have collected food in the
winter. I have been a fool.”

The ant took the grasshopper into her anthill

and gave him some warm food. The ant said “

you must work hard and find food when it is

summer so that you have enough during the

tough times”.