Pages

Thursday, January 5, 2012

The Grasshopper and the Ants

TITLE : THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANTS
ISBN : 978-967-317-500-0

AUTHOR : -

PUBLISHER
 : KOHWAI & YOUNG


NO.OF PAGES : 16

YEAR OF PUBLISH : 2009

TYPE OF BOOK
 : Fiction

LANGUAGE
: ENGLISH


SYNOPSIS :
One fine day in winter some Ants were busy drying their store of corn, which had gotten rather damp during a long spell of rain.

Presently a Grasshopper came up and begged them to spare her a few grains, "For," she said, "I'm simply starving."

The Ants stopped work for a moment, though this was against their principles, "May we ask," said they, "what you were doing with yourself all last summer? Why don't you collect a store of food for the winter?"

"The fact is," replied the Grasshopper, "I was so busy singing that I hadn't the time."

"If you spent the summer singing," replied the Ants, "you can't do better than to spend the winter dancing." And they chuckled and went on with their work.

MORAL:
Never lose a good opportunity..

GLOSSARY :
1- store - a place where things are kept for future use or sale.

2- damp - slightly wet.

3- begged - ask for food or money as charity.

4- starving - suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from hunger

5- principles - morally correct behaviour and attitudes

No comments:

Post a Comment