The Ant and the Grasshopper

One summer day, an ant was busy gathering food for the winter. She worked hard all day long, carrying grain and nuts back to her nest.

A grasshopper was watching the ant work. "Why are you working so hard?" the grasshopper asked. "It's such a beautiful day. Why don't you come and play with me?"

"I'm working so hard because I know that winter is coming," the ant replied. "If I don't gather food now, I'll starve to death in the winter."

"Oh, don't worry about winter," the grasshopper said. "There's plenty of time to gather food when winter comes."

So the grasshopper went off to play, and the ant continued to work.

Winter came, and the grasshopper was hungry. He went to the ant's nest and begged for food.

"Please," the grasshopper said. "I'm so hungry. Can you spare me some food?"

"I told you to gather food for the winter," the ant replied. "But you didn't listen. Now you'll have to go hungry."

The grasshopper learned his lesson. He realized that it's 