one fine day in winter, some Ants were busy drying their store of corn which had got

rather damp during  a long spell of rain, presently up came a grasshopper and begged

them to spare her a few grains, for she said I’m simply starving; the ants stopped work

for a moment thought this was against their principles

“may we ask?” said they. “What were you doing with yourself all last summer?!,

why didn’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 spend

the winter dancing”, and they chuckled and went on with their work. 

The End