‘Nothing better than the sound of a happy Grasshopper.’ ‘Give it a rest,’ said a passing Ant. ‘What?’ said the Grasshopper. ‘I’m trying to work here,’ said the Ant. ‘You’re ...

A grasshopper lazes around in the sunshine, eating and playing music with its wings. It makes fun of a passing ant for working so hard, dragging food back to its nest. The ant is preparing for ...

The fable describes how a hungry grasshopper begs for food from an ant when winter comes and is refused. The situation sums up moral lessons about the virtues of hard work and planning for the future.

The US seems afflicted by a ‘trade deficit disorder.’ Like the fabled grasshopper, it gets not just cheap goods from the ...

Aesop’s timeless children’s fable, The Ant and the Grasshopper, extols the values of preparation, hard work, thrift, and saving. The moral of the fable is summed up as: “Work hard today to g ...

CLIMB Theatre will present its summer reading play, “The Ant and the Grasshopper” at Hutchinson’s Library Square and in several other towns in the area. The Hutchinson performance is planned ...