THE ANTS were spending a fine winters 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.
Vocabulary Help
- ant – formiga
- dry – secar
- grain – grão
- summertime – verão
- grasshopper – cigarra
- perish – perecer
- beg – implorar, suplicar
- treasure up food – acumular comida
- leisure – lazer
- sing – cantar
- derision – desprezo
- fool – tolo
- supperless – sem jantar