The-Ant-and-the-Grasshopper

TheAntandtheGrasshopper蚂蚁和蚱蜢Inafieldonesummer'sdayaGrasshopperwashoppingabout,chirpingandsingingtoitsheart'scontent.AnAntpassedby,bearingalongwithgreattoilanearofcornhewastakingtothenest.Whynotcomeandchatwithme,saidtheGrasshopper,insteadoftoilingandmoilinginthatway?Iamhelpingtolayupfoodforthewinter,saidtheAnt,andrecommendyoutodothesame.Whybotheraboutwinter?saidtheGrasshopper;Wehavegotplentyoffoodatpresent.ButtheAntwentonitswayandcontinueditstoil.WhenthewintercametheGrasshopperhadnofoodandfounditselfdyingofhunger-whileitsawtheantsdistributingeverydaycornandgrainfromthestorestheyhadcollectedinthesummer.ThentheGrasshopperknew:Itisbesttopreparefordaysofneed.夏日的一天，一只蚱蜢正在一块庄稼地上蹦来跳去，无忧无虑地唱着歌。这时，一只蚂蚁从它身边爬过。蚂蚁正十分费劲地拖着一个玉米棒子，它是要把玉米棒子拖回到蚂蚁巢里面去。“过来跟我聊聊天吧，”蚱蚂说，“用不着那么辛苦地工作吧？”“我正帮忙收集过冬用的粮食，”蚂蚁说，“我建议你也去收集点粮食。”“为了过冬用不着这么费劲吧？”蚱蚂说，“我们现在有大把的粮食”。蚂蚁没有听它的，而是继续辛苦地拖着粮食往回赶。冬天来了，蚱蚂没有粮食，都快要饿死了。这时，蚱蚂看到蚂蚁们正分发他们在夏天时收集并储存起来的玉米和谷物。蚱蚂明白了：什么事都要提早做好准备，将来才有好的结果。