The Ants and the Grasshopper - Aesop's Fables - A Story in Sustainability

Illustration by Arthur Rackham

The Ants and the Grasshopper

The ants were employing a fine winter's day in drying grain collected in the summer-time.  A grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food.  The ants inquired of him, 'Why did you not treasure up food during the summer?'  He replied, 'I had not leisure enough.  I passed the days in singing.'  Then they said in derision:  'If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supper-less to bed in the winter.'

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The moral of the story here is pretty obvious  ~ Work comes before play ~  Put something away for a rainy day, winter or hard times ~  Plan ahead ~ So, like the industrious ants, make the most of your harvest, whether it comes to you from the grocery store or your garden!
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