Portada de The Ant and the Grasshopper

One bright day in late autumn a family of Ants were bustling about in the warm sunshine, drying out the grain they had stored up during the summer.

Un luminoso día de finales del otoño, una familia de Hormigas se afanaba bajo el cálido sol, secando el grano que habían almacenado durante el verano.

A starving Grasshopper, his fiddle under his arm, came up and humbly begged for a bite to eat.

Un Saltamontes hambriento, con su violín bajo el brazo, se acercó y humildemente pidió algo de comer.

"What!" cried the Ants in surprise. "Haven't you stored anything away for the winter? What in the world were you doing all last summer?"

«¡Cómo!», exclamaron las Hormigas sorprendidas. «¿No guardaste nada para el invierno? ¿Qué diablos estuviste haciendo todo el verano pasado?»

"I didn't have time to store up any food," whined the Grasshopper. "I was so busy making music that before I knew it the summer was gone."

«No tuve tiempo de guardar comida», se quejó el Saltamontes. «Estaba tan ocupado haciendo música que, antes de darme cuenta, el verano había terminado».

The Ants shrugged their shoulders in disgust.

Las Hormigas se encogieron de hombros con desdén.

"Making music, were you?" they said. "Very well, now dance!" And they turned their backs on the Grasshopper and went on with their work.

«Conque haciendo música, ¿eh?», dijeron. «Muy bien, ¡ahora baila!». Y le dieron la espalda al Saltamontes y siguieron con su trabajo.

There is a time for work and a time for play.

Hay un tiempo para el trabajo y un tiempo para el juego.

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  1. What are the Ants doing at the start of the story?

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    Respuesta: Drying out grain they stored during the summer

    The Ants are bustling about drying the grain they stored up over the summer.

  2. Why didn't the Grasshopper store any food for winter?

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    Respuesta: He spent the summer making music instead

    The Grasshopper admits he was too busy making music to store up food.

  3. How do the Ants respond when the Grasshopper begs for food?

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    Respuesta: They tell him to dance now and turn their backs on him

    In disgust, the Ants tell him to dance since he sang all summer, then go back to their work.

  4. What is the lesson of the story?

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    Respuesta: There is a time for work and a time for play

    The fable ends with this moral about balancing work and play.

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