Aesop's Fables (English translation)
by George Fyler Townsend | 1887 | 41,611 words
The collection known as “Aesop’s Fables” from the 6th century BCE, is attributed to Aesop, an ancient Greek storyteller. They represent short stories that use animals to convey moral lessons and were initially passed down through oral tradition. These fables aim to impart ethical guidance and practical wisdom and, unlike tales or parables, uniquely...
The Ants and the Grasshopper
[Full title: The story of the Ants and the Grasshopper]
THE ANTS were spending a fine winter’s day drying grain collected in the summertime. 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." They then said in derision: "If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter."
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Ant, Food, Famine, Summer, Dancing, Singing, Winter, Grain, Little food, Begged for food, Leisure, Derision, Grasshopper, Winter's day.