The Ant and the Grasshopper

Once  upon  a  time,  there  were  two  best  friends  an  ant  and  a  grasshopper.  The  grasshopper  liked  to  relax  the  whole  day  and  play  his  guitar.  The  ant,  however,  would  work  hard  all  day.  He  would  collect  food  from  all  corners  of  the  garden  while  the  grasshopper  relaxed,  played  his  guitar  or  slept.  The  grasshopper  would  tell  the  ant  to  take  a  break  every  day  but  the  ant  would  refuse  and  continue  his  work.

Soon  winter  came.  Days  and  nights  became  cold  and  very  few  creatures  went  out.  On  a  cold  day  of  winter.  A  colony  of  ants  was  busy  drying  out  some  grains  of  corn.  The  half  dead  grasshopper,  cold  and  hungry,  came  up  to  the  ant,  who  was  his  friend,  and  asked  for  a  piece  of  corn.

The  ant  replied,  we  work  day  and  night  to  collect  and  save  up  the  corn  so  that  we  don't  die  hungry  on  cold  winter  days.  Why  should  we  give  it  to  you?  The  ant  further  asked,  what  were  you  doing  last  summer?  You  should  have  collected  and  stored  some  food.  I  told  you  as  much  before,  the  grasshopper  said.

I  was  far  too  busy  in  singing  and  sleeping.  The  ant  replied,  you  can  sing  all  winter.  As  far  as  I  am  concerned,  you  will  not  get  anything  from  us.  The  ant  had  enough  food  to  last  through  the  winter  without  any  worries  at  all.  But  the  grasshopper  didn't,  and  he  realized  his  mistake.