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The grasshopper and the ant

The grasshopper and the ant. An Aesop’s fable retold by SCLB, 2009. Once upon a time, a grasshopper was hopping in the grass, and singing and jumping on trees. Hopping, singing, jumping.

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The grasshopper and the ant

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  1. The grasshopper and the ant • An Aesop’s fable • retold by SCLB, 2009

  2. Once upon a time, a grasshopper was hopping in the grass, and singing and jumping on trees. • .

  3. Hopping, singing, jumping... • .

  4. The grasshopper saw a red ant carrying a yellow kernel of corn. The ant was working hard to collect food for his Queen. • The grasshopper........ • The ant.........................

  5. The grasshopper wanted to talk to the ant. • .

  6. He asked, “Can you please play with me?” • .

  7. “No,” said the ant. “I don’t want to play with you...” • .

  8. “... I want to do work to get ready for the winter.” • .

  9. “Oh well, I might go and eat some grass for morning tea,” said the grasshopper. “Then I will dance and sing.” • .

  10. The ant felt jealous but he kept working. • .

  11. He carried more corn kernels back to the ants’ nest because winter was coming. • .

  12. One day, snow started to fall and it soon covered all the dying grass. • .

  13. The grasshopper couldn’t see any food because it was under the white snow. • .

  14. When the green grasshopper was sitting on green grass, the hungry birds couldn’t see him. Now, he was a green grasshopper sitting on the white snow! The birds might catch him and take him back to their nests. • .

  15. The ants were under the ground feeding the babies, eating the food and getting fat. They were having a party! “Yippee! Yahoo!” • .

  16. The grasshopper could hear their little voices from under the snow. “May I please come in?” asked the grasshopper. • .

  17. “You can’t fit down our hole,” said the ant. “You should have been collecting food in the summer instead of dancing, singing and playing.” • .

  18. The ant came up out of his hole with some corn for the grasshopper…But it was too late. • .

  19. The moral of this fable is: “Work hard before you play.” • The end

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